In 1991, Troy Davis was convicted of murdering police officer Mark Allen MacPhail and is scheduled to be executed on September 23. However, serious doubts regarding his guilt remain. There was no physical evidence; the weapon was never recovered. The case rested entirely on eyewitness accounts. All but two of the witnesses have since recanted their testimony, some of whom say they were coerced by police. And one of the two witnesses who have not changed their story is the best alternate suspect.
Last year, the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles gave Davis a 90-day stay of execution, saying they would "not allow an execution to proceed in this State unless and until its members are convinced that there is no doubt as to the guilt of the accused." But last Friday, in spite of the above issues, the Board denied Davis clemency.
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