Thirty-five years ago, a man named Troy Davis was sentenced to death for the 1989 murder of Savannah police offer Mark MacPhail. Despite having no physical evidence, contradictory eye witness testimony, and evidence of police coercion, Georgia killed Troy by lethal injection on September 21, 2011.
Troy Davis is one of the 77 people killed by the state of Georgia since the reinstatement of the state’s capital punishment statute in the wake of 1976’s Gregg v. Georgia Supreme Court decision. The legacy of that decision, the reality of racial injustices in our legal system and a culture that prioritizes death over life all played their part in Troy’s death.
To honor Troy’s life and the tragedy of his death, the Georgia Catholic Conference and Georgians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty will co-host What Georgia Gave America: From Gregg v. Georgia to the Execution of Troy Davis on Monday, September 21, the 15th anniversary of Troy’s execution.
A distinguished panel of speakers will discuss the legal, cultural and religious impact of the Gregg v. Georgia decision, and how it helped to create the circumstances for the wrongful execution of Troy Davis.
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