Troy Davis

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February 14, 2016
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is dead at 79. The influential conservative jurist was found dead of apparent natural causes
November 12, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - African-Americans are not represented in the senior ranks and the executive team, while Latinos are nearly nonexistent…
October 18, 2013
theGRIO REVIEW - Troy Davis became a symbol for supporters working to abolish America's death penalty, and 'I Am Troy…
April 27, 2012
OPINION - The LA riots helped change the way Americans talk about race, kicking off a two decade-long dialogue that…
March 21, 2012
OPINION - By making any public statements about the ongoing investigation the White House could derail the efforts of the…
December 15, 2011
MSNBC - The number of death sentences imposed in the U.S. has taken an 'historic drop'...
December 8, 2011
OPINION - Mumia Abu-Jamal and Troy Davis faced different outcomes, but both cases speak to the issues of doubt and…
December 2, 2011
Martina Davis-Correia, the sister of late cause celebre death row inmate Troy Davis, has died, NAACP senior communications associate Derek…
October 17, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - A face to the wronged and falsely accused is how activists describe the fuel for the firestorm…
October 14, 2011
Sixty-one percent of Americans approve of using the death penalty for persons convicted of murder, down from 64 percent last…
October 13, 2011
OPINION - New faces, even those whose prior music and/or positions are a welcome addition..
October 10, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Lowery was encased within the civil right movement's inner circle, fighting alongside so many others who were…
October 6, 2011
NEWS ONE - After a long day of emotional goodbyes, Troy Davis knelt in his prison cell and began to…
October 3, 2011
OPINION - For 20 years Troy Davis said they had the wrong man...
October 2, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - 'Many have spoken of Troy Davis as a symbol. He wasn't a symbol. He was the soul…
October 1, 2011
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Friends and supporters of Troy Davis, the convicted murderer who was executed in Georgia last week…
September 28, 2011
Reports claim the police offered George Junius Stinney ice cream if he confessed - leading to him being the youngest…
September 27, 2011
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Davis' execution outraged hundreds of thousands of people who said they feared an innocent man was…
September 26, 2011
HUFFINGTON POST - A group of six former wardens and correctional officials pleading for clemency and suggesting that prison staffers…
September 23, 2011
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Fifteen hours after Troy Davis was executed, two men walked out of a North Carolina prison…