Troy Anthony Davis
August 1991
August 19, 1989
June 2010
September 21, 2011
- An off duty officer was shot and killed
- Mark MacPhail intervened in an argument between 2 men in a parking lot
- Savannah, Georgia
- Evidentiary hearing before federal district court
- 7 of 9 witnesses recant their testimony
- Police coercion in the case
- Federal district court upholds the conviction
- March, the supreme court rejects Davis appeal
- Execution scheduled for 7pm
- Davis was executed at 11:08 that night
- Troy Anthony Davis continued to speak clear about his innocence
- He addressed the MacPhail family
- Davis is on trail for the murder of Mark MacPhail
- Several eyewitness place Davis at the scene of the murder
- 2 confessed Davis was the killer
- Among the 2 is Coles
- No weapon found
- No physical evidence
- August 30 1991 Davis is convicted of murder
1991
September 17,2011
July 17, 2007 & September 2008
August 23, 1989
- One of the men involved in the argument reports that Troy Davis was the shooter to the police department
- Davis was arrested
- First Scheduled execution date was stayed after appeals
- Second scheduled execution date was stayed after statements from Amnesty International
- The Supreme Court permitted the high court to determine whether to hear the case
- October 27Th 2008 scheduled execution date
- Amnesty International send out a call for signatures on a new petition
- More than 600,000 on the 19Th, Clemency hearing Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles
- Clemency denied on the 20th