Troy Davis.

It seems that Troy Davis was almost certainly guilty of the murder for which he was executed. The appeals have been many and any miniscule doubts have been magnified by 'the usual suspects' in order to gain a propaganda coup.

As a firm believer that those who kill earn the right to lose their own lives, there are two points which should perhaps be made here.
No man should have to serve a 22 year prison sentence with added psychological pressures beyond the norm and THEN be executed. The system is very poor indeed. This execution should not have gone ahead on those grounds alone.
Irrespective of all of the above, it seems likely that Davis became a Christian whilst facing 'the needle'.
I wonder if that would have happened if a mere term of imprisonment had been imposed?