Troy Anthony Davis

Troy Davis was born on October 9, 1968 and died on September 21, 2011 at 42 years in the state of Georgia, USA. His parents are Joseph and Virginia Davis, who divorced when Troy was very young. He grew up with his four brothers in a middle economy class in Clover neighborhood in Savannah, Georgia. He was sentenced to death penalty for killing a white police, but the murder weapon was never found, several witnesses changed their opinion about his guilt, and there was no DNA testing to blame him.

The weapon used to murder Mac McPhail was never found by officers investigating this case. Witnesses say they saw Troy that night at gunpoint to the officer, but no evidence confirmed the truth. Davis’s mother testified that he was home that day and went out until he headed to Atlanta with her sister on a date. Many people testified in favor of Troy, but it seems that only people who were interested went against Davis. The last minute of his life he said he was innocent.

Seven of the nine witnesses who testified the officer’s murder changed their opinion regarding Davis’s guilt. Many people played for freedom of Georgia State, including Pope Benedict who asked to recant his guilt. These and other requests were not accepted or considered. America is a federal country, which means that the vote of the people must be respected, but in this case, it was not respected. This is because racist people involved had a target.

DNA evidence obtained at the murder scene was very dubious and even non-existent as to blame a person’s death. In this case, there were Davis’s DNA samples with which to compare and know for sure if it was he who killed MacPhail. Troy Davis was never able to prove his innocence, but authorities also failed to have physical evidence to blame him. Official’s family never believed in Troy’s innocence; on the contrary, when Davis was sentenced to death, they commented that it was all over and he deserved his punishment.

Troy three times before he was saved in last minute of his death by some inconvenience or doubt about his guilt. On September 21, 2011 this did not happen, their lawyers had no way to prove his innocence, just waiting for an intervention from the While House to declare him innocent, which did not happen. Troy Davis died after being injected a lethal dose that killed him within minutes. In his last minutes of life, his family told the officer that he was innocent and that God would forgive them for what they were doing. Troy was an icon of the death penalty in the United States, despite all efforts, he was not released.