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 ...

(The Root) — The crushing image of a sobbing Elijah West captured the collective sorrow of people across the globe a year ago when word spread that a Georgia Parole Board had denied clemency for his ...

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Many of you heard that a mere two hours before he was scheduled to die by lethal injection yesterday evening, the U.S. Supreme Court stayed Troy Davis' execution. First of all, a huge thank-you to ...

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 ...

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Nation associate editor Liliana Segura pays a visit to Up With Chris Hayes to discuss the specifics of Davis’s case—and whether the controversy that surrounds it will lead to a permanent shift in ...

It was a disturbing evening for supporters of convicted murderer Troy Davis following his execution by Georgia authorities Wednesday night. As demonstrators broke into tears following the 11:08 p.m.