Posts Tagged ‘troy’

Cop + Plainclothes + Unmarked Car = A Deadly Combination

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. -At about 3:15 Sunday morning on the southbound ramp of Interstate 95 a Palm Beach Gardens officer shot and killed a man. Circumstances of the incident are still unclear. Monday, police released the name of Corey Jones as being killed in the Palm Beach Gardens Officer involved shooting. Officer Nouman Raja […]

JFK, 9/11, Troy Davis, And The Murder of American Justice

Saman MohammadiThe Excavator September 22, 2011 The murder of Troy Davis, who was wrongly accused of killing a cop twenty years ago, is not a unique case. Davis suffered the fate of the scapegoat. The burden of guilt for a crime he did not commit was laid on his shoulders and he was forced to […]

Troy Davis executed

More than two decades after being sentenced to death, Troy Davis was executed by lethal injection this evening in the state of Georgia. Davis was scheduled to be killed at 7pm ET this evening in Jackson, Georgia, but a last minute maneuver brought the execution to a halt. The United States Supreme Court said they […]

Troy Davis execution goes ahead despite serious doubts about his guilt

  Ed PilkingtonGuardian September 22, 2011 Moments before he was put to death, Troy Davis lifted his head from the gurney to which he was strapped and looked the family of Mark MacPhail, the police officer for whose murder he was convicted, directly in the eyes. “I want to talk to the MacPhail family,” he said. […]

Troy Davis killed

More than two decades after being sentenced to death, Troy Davis was executed by lethal injection this evening in the state of Georgia. Davis was scheduled to be killed at 7pm ET this evening in Jackson, Georgia, but a last minute maneuver brought the execution to a halt. The United States Supreme Court said they […]

FBI director pleads for Troy Davis’ freedom

Former FBI Director William S Sessions is calling on the state of Georgia to halt the execution of death row inmate Troy Davis. Davis was convicted of the murder of a Savannah, GA police officer back in 1991 and was recommended for execution by jury. Since that trial, however, seven of the nine witnesses called […]

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