Why Justice: Troy Davis

     The Troy Davis case was a case that really opened my eyes to the justice system. In 1991 Troy Anthony Davis was convicted for the murder of an off-duty police officer Mark MacPhail.  He was sentenced to death.
     There has been no DNA evidence linking Davis to the crime.  Although there were nine different witnesses who placed Davis at the scene of the crime seven of them recanted their statements, many claiming police intimidation.  One of the witnesses was originally a suspect and several people claimed that he bragged about killing MacPhail.  There was only one witness who remained consistent with their story.  The crazy thing is that the murder weapon that Davis allegedly used was never found. 
     Davis was scheduled to die September 21, 201. Throughout the twenty years he spent in prison Davis still claimed his innocence.  He tried to get granted clemency and even offered to take a lie detector test but the board denied it still sticking to the set date for his execution.
     I still remember September 21,2011.  I seen over a thousand people protesting in front of the Georgia prison in order to stop the execution.  He was set to be killed at 7 pm that night but it was postponed. 
    It was postponed because the Supreme Court reviewed his petition.  After deliberating for two hours they denied it and his execution was back on.  Everything at this moment was filmed live on television so you can tell that a lot of protesters were discouraged because it was as if all their hard work did nothing. There were petitions signed with over a million signatures, celebrities and big organizations involved, everything that they could possibly do was done but nothing worked.  The execution began at 10:53. His last words consisted of: 

" Well first of all I'd like to address the MacPhail family. I'd like to let you all know, despite the situation -- I know all of you are still convinced that I'm the person that killed your father, your son and your brother, but I am innocent. The incident that happened that night was not my fault. I did not have a gun that night. I did not shoot your family member.  But I am so sorry for your loss. I really am -- sincerely.  All I can ask is that each of you look deeper into this case, so that you really will finally see the truth. I ask my family and friends that you all continue to pray, that you all continue to forgive. Continue to fight this fight. For those about to take my life, may God have mercy on all of your souls. God bless you all."


Troy Davis was announced dead at 11:08 pm.
       The thing is even if this man was not innocent, is it right to kill someone for killing someone? That goes hand in hand with the saying " an eye for an eye will leave everybody blind". There were way to many loopholes in the evidence to give Georgia the right to take a life. There are numerous cases out there similar to this, all we can do is to keep shouting until our voices are heard.