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Birth
Troy Davis was born this day -
Convicted for carrying a weapon
In July 1988, Davis pleaded guilty to carrying a concealed weapon; he was fined $250 as part of a plea agreement in which a charge of possession of a gun with altered serial numbers was dropped. -
Began to work
Troy Davis began to work as a drill technician where his boss said that he was a likeable and a good and positive worker. -
Convicted for murder
Troy was convicted for murder of police officer Mark MacPhail in Savannah, Georgia. MacPhail was working as a security guard at a Burger King restaurant when he tried to defend a man being attacked in a nearby parking lot. -
Indicted for murder
On November 15, 1989, a grand jury indicted Davis for murder, assaulting Larry Young with a pistol, shooting Michael Cooper, obstructing MacPhail in performance of his duty and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime -
Not guilty
Davis was pleaded not guilty in case of murder. -
present evidence
In November 1990, the presiding judge excluded forensic evidence from the pair of shorts seized at the Davis home. -
Upheld exclusion of the evidence
The Georgia Supreme Court upheld the exclusion of the evidence in May 1991, saying that the police should have obtained a search warrant. -
Trial
Davis was brought to trial in August 1991. -
Doomed
After seven hours of deliberation, the jury recommended the death penalty and Davis was sentenced to death -
First execution
Davis's first certiorari petition to the U.S. Supreme Court was denied, and his execution was then set for July 17, 2007 -
Date of first execution
The Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles granted a ninety-day stay of execution in order to allow the evaluation of evidence presented, including the doubts about Davis's guilt. -
Second execution
In July 2008, Davis's lawyers filed a petition for a writ of certiorari in the U.S. Supreme Court, seeking review of the Georgia Supreme Court decision and arguing that the Eighth Amendment creates a substantive right of the innocent not to be executed.However, an execution date was scheduled for September 23, 2008. -
last minute change of execution
A last minute emergency stay, issued by the Supreme Court less than two hours before Davis was scheduled to be put to death, halted the execution. -
Third execution
The Supreme Court declined to hear Davis's petition, and a new execution date was set for October 27, 2008. -
third execution cancelled
Davis's lawyers requested an emergency stay of the pending execution, and three days later the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a stay of execution to consider a newly filed federal habeas petition. -
Execution date set
Georgia set Davis's execution date for two weeks later, September 21. -
Death of Troy Davis
He was declared dead at 11:08 pm
