Blog About Troy Davis Case

The case of Troy Davis seems to be a perfect example of social injustice.  Davis was recently executed for the murder of a police officer and had been on death row for over 20 years. Although there was no physical evidence against him, he was still found guilty by the courts of Georgia. The police wanted a suspect so bad to take the fall for what had happened that they did not take the time to do an actual full investigation to find more evidence. The only so called proof that they had on Troy Davis was the 9 witnesses that were basically forced into saying that it was him.

            The guy that identified Davis seemed to be more of a suspect because he was the one that the homeless man at the scene of the shooting said was assaulting him. Once this guy came forward and blamed Davis, the police focused on no one else, but him and I think this was something that really affected the verdict of the trial. The eye witnesses they found to identify Troy Davis, didn’t seem to be reliable because as it sounded their words were twisted around and they felt obligated to say it was him. The police appeared to use intimidation to get what they wanted from the witnesses in order to make Davis guilty of the crime.

            After many years of Troy awaiting lethal injection on death row, 7 of 9 witnesses from the trial came forward and recanted all parts of their testimony. Some said that if they knew what they did now that they would have never found him guilty. Even after all this coming out about the witnesses changing their accounts, which was the only evidence prosecutors had, still state and federal judges ruled against Troy Davis getting a new trial. This is something that doesn’t make any sense to me. If there is no physical evidence and the majority of the witnesses are saying they felt an obligation from the police to say it was Davis, then why is he not getting granted a new trial?

            Around a million people have come together over this case and have petitioned for another trial. Davis execution has been stopped 3 times since 2007, but after all his appeals, Tory’s life came to an end in 2011.  This is not justice in my opinion. If there is this much doubt about a trial with a guilty verdict, than the case should have been put on trial again. It seemed this case was flawed in many ways and it ended with the death of what could have been an innocent man.