In a blog entry at Your Black World, Dr. Boyce Watkins weighs in on the Troy Davis case, saying that the criminal-justice system has never been a friend to black males. He highlights how the deck was ...

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 ...

Georgia death row inmate Troy Davis is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection 7 p.m. EDT tonight. His attorneys are filing a desperate last-minute appeal. Davis’ attorney, Brian Kammer, told the ...

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Troy Anthony Davis almost certainly is innocent, but that has not stopped the State of Georgia from giving him a new execution date: September 23, 2008. A hearing on his case is scheduled before the ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. AP - Death row inmate Troy Anthony Davis got another legal break Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court recessed for summer without acting on his latest appeal, likely delaying any ...

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 ...