by Colin Harris | Sep 15, 2011 | Opinion
Georgia has set an execution date – again – for Troy Davis, accused, convicted and sentenced in 1991 for the murder of police officer Mark MacPhail in 1989. Seven of the nine witnesses have recanted the testimony used to convict him, claiming they were coerced by...
by Trey Lyon | Jun 29, 2009 | Opinion
It’s no secret that I’ve been struggling for some time with the whole idea of “the sanctity of human life.” I have to confess that there are unlikely allies who emerge. The result is an “odd coupling” of individuals,...
by David Emmanuel Goatley | Jun 5, 2009 | Opinion
Someone murdered an off-duty police officer named Mark MacPhail in Savannah, Ga., in the late 1980s. The state of Georgia convicted a man named Troy Davis and sentenced him to death in 1991. No one ever found the weapon used in the crime. No one ever found evidence...