Five Historically Infamous Executions: Justice Served or Grave Mistake?

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The Troy Anthony Davis case is just the latest in a long list of executions carried out amidst serious doubts of guilt. Some are federal, some are state executions, but people on either side of the death penalty debate have helped raise issues on these and other cases. Here are a few of the most controversial.

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