Once again, there is another Death Sentence case floating around the media, though it's not just your average death sentence. The sentence was issued to a one Troy Davis. He was convicted of murdering a police officer (Mark MacPhail) on August 19, 1989. Multiple people had said that they saw Davis physically shoot MacPhail, and even some said that Davis had confessed the murder to them personally. Despite this "evidence", the case was still one of the most controversial cases in a long while. Me personally, I am for the death sentence, just as long as there's really hard evidence against the person, and every story matches up. If a person was convicted of a death-penalty worthy crime, and there's any sign of a hole in the case, they should not have to face the death penalty. That being said, I believe that Troy Davis should have only served jail time, even if it was life. There were so many holes in his case: the gun was never found, only bullet casings that were traced to Davis; many witnesses changed their testimonies, saying that they saw a man who was with Davis shoot the cop, rather than Davis himself. I was surprised to see that there were so many famous people against the execution: Sean "P Diddy" Combs, former president Jimmy Carter, and even Pope Benedict XVI. The NAACP even tried to get President Obama involved, even though he doesn't have the power to grant Davis clemency for a state conviction. Obama felt that choosing a side in the case wouldn't be a good idea, so he respectfully declined. Though I do believe that there was enough evidence to have a case against Davis, I most definitely believe that there was not enough to sentence him to the Death penalty.
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Author: Greg Bluestein
URL: http://news.yahoo.com/ga-executes-davis-supporters-claim-injustice-031409578.html
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