How does the Troy Anthony Davis Death Penalty Case Impact Georgia

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How does the Troy Anthony Davis

Death Penalty Case

Impact Georgia

By

Antone’ Davis-Correia

Mercer Middle School

Grade 8

Teacher

Mr. M. Mincey

How Does the Troy Anthony Davis Case Impact Georgia?

The case of Georgia death row inmate Troy Anthony Davis is as simple as it is complex and this story is almost like a Greek Tragedy. This story is of lies, deception, families, life, death, torture, murder and the many faces of injustices in the South. The case begins with the murder of an off-duty policeman, Officer Mark Allen MacPhail in 1989 in Savannah,

Georgia and the man on death row for his murder Troy Anthony Davis. Troy Davis has always maintained his innocence and this story has gained, local, state, national and international attention. The case of Troy Anthony Davis has people from all over the world looking at Georgia and this report will tell you why.

The case of Troy Anthony Davis is a case of a young man at the age of 19 that was accused and convicted and sentenced to death for the killing of a white police officer in Savannah,

Georgia in 1989. The shooting took place after a fight that did not involve Troy Davis.

Troy Davis and some friends were playing pool late one night when a man, we will call Mr.

X began to argue with a homeless man over a can of beer. The homeless man was later pistol whipped by Mr. X with a 38 caliber weapon the same type of gun the policeman was killed with. Troy and a 16 year old man tried to stop this attack and were threatened to stay out of the fight, so they ran away from the scene. Officer MacPhail came out to see what the problem was and according witnesses, Mr. X then shot at the policeman and he was killed. According to sworn testimony Mr. X ran away, threw away his gun, changed his clothing and showed up at the police station several hours later with a lawyer and he pointed the finger at Troy Davis. Troy was accused and convicted based on the testimony of 9 eyewitnesses many of whom were interrogated without parents or a lawyer and some with past criminal history. There was no gun, no physical evidence and no motive for Troy to commit this crime. Years later 7 of the 9 witnesses say they lied because they were forced by the police to say Troy Davis did it. The witnesses one by one began to tell the truth that

Troy Davis was not the shooter, when asked what happened and why did they lie, they all had the same story, even though none of them knew each other. They changed their testimonies due to threats by the police, they were scared, threatened with jail and prison time, refused medical treatment and one witness could not even read or write and signed a statement against Troy.

In 1991 Troy Anthony Davis was sentenced to die by electrocution by the State of Georgia.

Once on death row from 1991-1996, Troy had no lawyer assigned to his case and this was a critical time in his appeals process. In the state of Georgia you do not have to have a lawyer for post-conviction appeals, which is very bad for people who are innocent. Funding to help death row inmates was cut and there was 1 lawyer trying to help more than 80 people on death row in Georgia.

In 1996 President Bill Clinton signed into law The Anti-terrorism and Effective Death

Penalty Act which limits appeals and basically says you only have two years to bring forth

proof of innocence after your conviction. Then President Clinton made the law retroactive to 1986, this means the law would affect people convicted 10 years before the law was even passed and therefore Troy’s case was already passed the time limit.

The witnesses that testified against Troy Davis began coming forward 4 years after Troy’s conviction and then the courts said it is too late to listen to this new evidence. The problem is that the U.S. Supreme Court says it is not unconstitutional to execute and innocent person if the state believes you got a fair trial in the beginning.

In 2003 one of the largest law firms in the United States Arnold & Porter in Washington,

D.C. began to represent Troy because they believe he is innocent. In 2005 they asked the

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Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta Georgia to grant Troy Davis a new trial based on all the statements from witnesses that say he is not the shooter and that other witnesses have also come forward and said they saw the murder and that Mr. X is the killer of the policeman.

In February 2007 the largest Human Rights Organization in the world Amnesty

International wrote a 35 page investigative report called, “Where is the Justice for Me”, this report detailed the facts of the Troy Davis case and why a terrible injustice would take place if this man is executed by the State of Georgia. In April 2007 the 11 th

circuit Court of

Appeals said they did not have to look at actual innocence because of a procedural error that stated the old lawyers filed paperwork too late, so they could still proceed with the execution even though no court has listened to the claim of innocence or heard the witnesses recantations.

People from around the world were already talking about this case and asking questions, “ how can you kill a man with no physical evidence, no gun and with almost all of the witnesses used to convict him, recanting their statements.”

In June 2007 the United States Supreme Court did not select the case for their summer review and an execution date was set for July 17 th

at 7pm by Lethal Injection. The State of

Georgia still wanted to kill Troy Anthony Davis even though they had proof that he could be innocent. July 16, 2007, Troy’s lawyers and witnesses went before the Georgia Parole

Board, the last hope to save Troy from execution. This was the longest parole board hearing in Georgia’s history more that 10 hours long and the more than 50,000 letters and faxes from around the world, asking for his life to be spared. These letters came from people who were both for and against the death penalty. The Georgia Parole Board decided there was so much evidence and they needed more time so they granted Troy a 90-day stay of execution and another Parole Board Hearing was scheduled.

Before the next parole board hearing could take place, August 3, 2007, the Georgia

Supreme Court with a 4 to 3 decision said they would listen to oral arguments and decide whether the lower courts should have given Troy Davis a new trial. Since February 2007

there has been hundreds of stories about Troy Anthony Davis, blogs, TV news, radio programs, national magazines, international magazines, newspaper articles, websites, videos, and even songs written for Troy.

National lawmakers, international and national people speaking out on his behalf, lawyers, law schools and human rights groups asking questions about justice in Georgia. This case has state and national lawmakers thinking about changing laws to protect innocent people.

There has been an Eyewitness Identification Study going on in Georgia, citing Troy’s case.

The 1996 Anti-terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, references Troy’s case in

Wikipedia. Troy’s case has been written about in law journals and even in a book about death row families. The state of Georgia has a long history with the death penalty and because of racial bias and unfairness the death penalty was stopped in 1972 based on the

Furman versus Georgia case. In 1976 another Georgia case Gregg versus Georgia was a reason the death penalty was brought back.

37 years later the State of Georgia is under the microscope again because of the Troy

Anthony Davis case, a man convicted and sentenced to death with hatred, racism, lies , no weapon and no physical evidence can still be killed.

There have been more than 120 people exonerated from death row, that means they were found to be innocent on death row, 5 from the state of Georgia and two of them from

Savannah, Georgia. Eyewitness testimony has sent thousands of innocent people to prison and with the help of DNA some of them are being free. In the Troy Davis case there is no

DNA because he was not involved, so his witnesses are his DNA and they have come forward and said they lied.

Presently the Georgia Legislature because of the Southern Center for Human Rights,

Georgia Innocence Project and others are considering changing the ways police interrogate and obtain information from eyewitnesses because of cases like Troy Anthony Davis.

Presently there are no guidelines or standards.

On November 13 th

the lawyers representing Troy Davis and hundreds of supporters from around the county, representing more than 20 human rights organizations argued before the Georgia Supreme Court in Atlanta, Georgia, demanding the court grant Troy Davis a new trial based on all the evidence, that has never been heard before a jury in a court of law. Now it is up to the Georgia Supreme Court they have 6 months from November 13,

2007 to say whether Troy Anthony Davis will get a new trial or whether the state of

Georgia will try to execute and innocent man again.

Since Troy’s case has garnered world attention there is a Eyewitness Identification Study in Georgia, the Atlanta Journal Constitution and other large newspapers in Georgia have asked for abolition of the death penalty in Georgia, the state lawmakers are being challenged to get involved. The governor has received letters from the Pope and Bishop

Desmond Tutu and hundreds of other prominent people. U.s Congressman John Lewis,

Reverend Al Sharpton, Marc Morial, Dr. Joseph Lowery, Jessie Jackson and others have spoken out publically against this injustice and are asking for a new trial. Many people are talking about new legislation to abolish the death penalty, end racism in the South, police misconduct, prosecutorial misconduct and more ways to protect innocent people from going to jail or prison.

How has the case of Troy Anthony Davis impacted Georgia, the full impact we may never know but his case has made a virtual crater in the face of injustice in the state of Georgia, exposed racism and the need for criminal justice reform.

People from all over the world are sending a message to the State of Georgia……

Innocence Always Matters and we are watching.

Georgia's death penalty law can and should be updated to try to wring as much unfairness as possible from the system, but reform can never eradicate the possibility of error, and it can never remove human bias and prejudice from the process. Imposing the absolute penalty requires absolute justice, and in the absence of that, the death penalty ought to be abolished," wrote editorial board member Lyle V. Harris in a recent editorial.-

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S upreme Court of Georgia

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Atlanta, August 3, 2007 -- The Georgia Supreme Court today granted Troy Anthony

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A merican Civil Liberties Union:

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Troy Anthony Davis , who is African American, was convicted in 1991 of mu rdering

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Newspapers

1.

Basu, Moni and Jacobs, Sonji. “High Court faces classic murder mystery.” The

Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 11-12-07 Front page 1& A-8.

2.

Basu, Moni and Jacobs, Sonji. “Who Killed Mark Allen MacPhail.” The Atlanta

Journal-Constitution 11-11-07 Front page 1& A-12.

3.

“Death-row appeal from inmate denied.” The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. 09/28/06,

Law and Order section B-6.

4.

Eckenrode, Vicky, “Federal court rejects Savannah convict’s appeal.” The

Savannah News Press 9-28-07, Local Section, page A-2.

5.

“Ga. High court hears death penalty appeal.” USA Today, Nationline, November 13,

2007, page 3A.

6.

Puglisi, Gemma. “Court’s chance to do the right thing.” The Atlanta Journal-

Constitution, 11-13-07, Opinion section, page A13.

7.

Ramage, Stephanie, “The place where lives get saved.” -The SundayPaper, 11/13/05,

Front page 1.

8.

Rankin, Bill. “Davis set to make case for new trial.” The Atlanta Journal-

Constitution, 11-13-07 Local page B1-B3.

9.

Rankin, Bill & Judd, Alan, “Witnesses recant; law stymies death row appeal.” The

Atlanta Journal-Constitution 09-21-07, Local Front Page 1.

10.

Sessions, William, “Fallible legal system must avoid injustice.” The Atlanta Journal-

Constitution 07-11-07, Opinion page 1.

Audio/video refrences

Amnesty International/Troy Davis Heavy Dub Innocence

Georgia Supreme Court WSAV-TV Savannah

Japanese TV WTOC-TV Savannah

Prison Radio/Mumia/Troy YouTube/Sam Milsap

Song(Tony Hustle/Big Hurc) YouTubeTroy Davis

 

 

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US COURT OF APPEAL HEARING SEPT. 7TH -- Atlanta Journal Constitution Coverage

WITNESSES RECANTED TESTIMONIES See story starting on lower right of page.

CONTINUATION OF ARTICLE Be sure to read both parts.

ATLANTA PROGRESSIVE NEWS -- MAY 8, 2007

SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS -- JUNE 26, 2007

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS & AP ARTICLES -- JULY 1, 2007

THE HILL.COM

-- JULY 3, 2007

SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS, LETTER TO THE EDITOR -- JULY 5, 2007

THE GEORGIA BULLETIN -- JULY 5, 2007

DAILY DIGEST RADIO INTERVIEW -- JULY 6, 2007

HIPHOPCAUCUS BLOG -- JULY 7, 2007

WISTV.COM

-- JULY 5,2007

ATLANTA PROGRESSIVE NEWS -- JULY 7, 2007

SAVANNAH NOW -- JULY 8, 2007

ACCESSNORTHGA.COM AP EXCLUSIVE -- JULY 9, 2007

THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION -- JULY 10, 2007

PBA NEWSROOM -- JULY 10, 2007

ATLANTA PROGRESSIVE NEWS -- JULY 10, 2007

THE HUFFINGTON POST -- JULY 10, 2007

SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS -- JULY 11, 2007

THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION -- JULY 11, 2007

JACKSONVILLE.COM

--JULY 11, 2007

NPR --JULY 11, 2007

THE LOS ANGELES TIMES -- JULY 11, 2007

BAY AREA INDYMEDIA -- JULY 11, 2007

THUGLIFEARMY.COM

-- JULY 11, 2007

THE NATION -- JULY 12, 2007

VIBE -- JULY 12, 2007

FLAGPOLE.COM

-- JULY 12, 2007

THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION EDITORIAL -- JULY 13, 2007

LE MONDE -- JULY 12, 2007

THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION -- JULY 13, 2007

REUTERS -- JULY 13, 2007

TIME MAGAZINE -- JULY 13, 2007

SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS, Letter to the Editor -- JULY 14, 2007

THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION -- JULY 14, 2007

NEW YORK TIMES -- JULY 15, 2007

WSAV.COM

-- JULY 15, 2007

SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS -- JULY 15, 2007

WASHINGTON POST -- JULY 15, 2007

LE MONDE -- JULY 16, 2007

YAHOO NEWS -- JULY 16, 2007

THE NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL -- JULY 16, 2007

INTER PRESS SERVICE -- JULY 17, 2007

WTOC11 -- JULY 17, 2007

WTOC11 -- JULY 18, 2007

LEDGER-ENQUIRER -- JULY 18, 2007

SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS -- JULY 18, 2007

THE GUARDIAN -- JULY 18, 2007

ORLANDO SENTINEL -- JULY 18, 2007

THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION -- JULY 19, 2007

THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION -- JULY 19, 2007

THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION -- JULY 22, 2007

SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS -- JULY 22, 2007

OPEDNEWS.COM

-- JULY 22, 2007

WALB10-TV -- JULY 23, 2007

DAILY REPORT -- JULY 23, 2007

THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION -- JULY 25, 2007

SENTINEL SOURCE.COM

-- JULY 25, 2007

SPOKESMAN-RECORDER --JULY 25, 2007

PBA NEWSROOM --JULY 26, 2007

SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS -- JULY 26, 2007

SPOKESMAN-RECORDER --JULY 27, 2007

BALTIMORE SUN -- JULY 29, 2007

THE LANTERN -- JULY 31, 2007

FIRST COAST NEWS -- JULY 31, 2007

PRISON RADIO -- AUGUST 2, 2007

THE HUFFINGTON POST -- AUGUST 2, 2007

FINALCALL.COM

-- AUGUST 2, 2007

Georgia Supreme Court will hear Troy Davis' appeal -- AJC -- Aug. 3, 2007

EARTH TIMES.ORG

-- AUGUST 3, 2007

THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION -- AUGUST 5, 2007

THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION -- AUGUST 6, 2007

WTOC11 -- AUGUST 6, 2007

46 NEWS -- VIDEO -- AUGUST 7, 2007

SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS -- AUGUST 7, 2007

CONNECT SAVANNAH -- AUGUST 8, 2007

SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS -- AUGUST 8, 2007

THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION -- AUGUST 8, 2007

NEWSWIRE.COM

-- SEPTEMBER 12, 2007

ACCESSNORTHGA.COM -- SEPTEMBER 16, 2007

THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION -- September 17, 2007

THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION -- September 18, 2007

THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION -- September 27, 2007

WSAV.Com

-- October 1, 2007

DEMOCRACY NOW -- October 4, 2007 BLACK JUSTICE BlogSpot -- October 7, 2007

WTOC11 -- October 9, 2007 ALTERNET -- October 10, 2007

WSAV.COM

-- November 2007 WATCHBLOG.COM

-- November 14, 2007

TURKISH DAILY NEWS -- November 15, 2007

ATLANTA PROGRESSIVE NEWS -- November 20, 2007

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