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The Quincy Five were a group of five young African American men from Quincy, Florida, who were charged with the 1970 murder of a Leon County deputy sheriff. The men – Johnny Lee Burns, Alphonso Figgers, Johnny Frederick, Dave Roby Keaton Jr. and David Charles Smith Jr. – were convicted on May 6, 1971.
31 de dic. de 2015 · Three death-row exonerees, including two who became symbols of the risks of wrongful capital convictions, died in 2015. David Keaton (pictured, far left), the first man exonerated from death row in the modern era of the death penalty, died on July 3 at the age of 63.
9 de jul. de 2015 · David Keaton, the first man exonerated from death row in the modern era of the death penalty (1973-present), died on July 3 at the age of 63. Keaton was convicted and sentenced to death in Florida in 1971 for the murder of an off-duty police officer. His conviction was based on a coerced confession and erroneous eyewitness testimony.
28 de jul. de 2015 · Tallahassee, Fla. — July 28, 2015. David Keaton, 63, the first man in the U.S. to be exonerated from death row, died July 3 in Florida. Keaton was one of the Quincy Five, a group of young,...
7 de jul. de 2015 · David Roby Keaton, one of the infamous Quincy Five and the nation's first prisoner exonerated from Death Row, has died. Keaton, 63, died July 3 in Quincy. Keaton, who had a history of heart...
07.08.15. David Keaton, a member of the Quincy Five and the first prisoner exonerated from death row, passed away at age 63 in Quincy, Florida, last week. Keaton was in poor health and had a history of heart problems, reports the. Tallahassee Democrat.
Tried together in 1971, Dave Roby Keaton and Johnny Frederick were both convicted of the murder of a deputy sheriff during a grocery store robbery in Quincy, Florida. Both men were exonerated two years later based on the conviction of three other men for the crime.
