4. Troy Davis
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Troy Davis was convicted of murdering a police officer outside a Burger King restaurant on the basis of nine eyewitness testimonies. However, not only was one of these witnesses illiterate, but a number of others admitted that they were pressured into signing. Nothing else linked him to the murder. Throughout his 20 year incarceration, Davis gained support from many celebrities, religious figures and politicians, who campaigned for a retrial. He ended up enduring four scheduled executions, one of which was cancelled just 90 minutes before it was supposed to take place. His sentence was eventually carried out on September 21, 2011.
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