One article I found interesting on world news is an execution of Troy Davis an African American, who went onto execution September 2011 in Atlanta Georgia. It all started in 1989 when Mark MacPhail, a Caucasian private security guard officer in Savannah, was trying to help a homeless man who was brutally beaten by an unknown man. Out of nowhere the officer was shot twice and immediately died by the unknown attacker of the homeless man. There had been witnesses after witnesses claiming that they had seen Troy Davis kill the officer right in front of them. August 23, 1989 Troy Davis was charged with the murder and sentenced to the death penalty, there had not been any evidence that Troy Davis committed this crime, nor was there any murder weapon found in this case. There had also been a rumor that another person was the one that shot MacPhail, Sylvester ‘Redd Coles’ but there were about nine witnesses saying that they saw Troy Davis and when they appeared in court they continually changed their story. So with that said Troy Davis was on his fourth execution date, still no evidence that he killed MacPhail was sentenced to death on September 21, 2011. With all of his supporters, family, and friends behind him it was a disturbing night at 11:08pm when Troy Davis was pronounced dead.
How I feel about this story is it’s so frustrating, and sad to see someone who is African American put on death row, with it being Troy Davis, an innocent man, US Supreme court finds no evidence or connection tied to Troy Davis being the killer of officer MacPhail. This makes the system look so racist, and lazy to even hear Troy Davis case out, and my question to the US Supreme court is, why kill someone and have others watch? This is not human like.
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