In 1991, seven black and five white jurors convicted Troy Davis of murder in the shooting death of Savannah police officer Mark MacPhail. Davis sat on Georgia’s deathrow for 20 years. Leading up to ...

Troy Davis was executed last year following his conviction in the 1989 murder of Savannah, Ga., police officer Mark MacPhail. But his death hasn’t deterred his sister Kim Davis from trying to clear ...

As the widespread effort to save the life of Georgia Death Row inmate Troy Davis reaches its final few hours, an unlikely assortment of celebrities have spoken out in support of Davis, who many say ...

Democracy Now! reports on the case of Georgia death row prisoner Troy Davis. Davis was convicted in 1989 of killing of off-duty white police officer, Mark MacPhail. Since then, seven of the nine ...

Kimberly Davis on her brother's execution: It's 'a lynch mob.' Sept. 22, 2011 — -- The sister of Troy Davis, the Georgia man executed Wednesday night, said her brother was calm and treated his ...

Troy Davis was scheduled to be executed at 7 p.m. today for the 1989 killing of a police officer in Georgia. Many believe he should be granted clemency because there isn’t enough physical evidence ...

More than 1,000 mourners came to Savannah, Ga., on Saturday for the funeral of Troy Davis. The convicted killer of a police officer maintained his innocence and drew worldwide support as a majority of ...

The Supreme Court has taken the rare step of ordering a federal trial court to conduct a new hearing for Georgia death row prisoner Troy Anthony Davis. The high court ordered the new hearing to ...

How a piece of Clinton-era legislation stops federal judges from overturning convictions. By Emily Bazelon Readers discuss whether some crimes are so abhorrent that justice demands death. From the ...