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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.
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 · 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. A teenaged Keaton was sentenced to death in Florida in 1971 for the murder of an off-duty police officer.
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, black men that lived in Quincy, Fla.,...
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...
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.
Dave Keaton was arrested in 1971 for the murder of an off-duty police officer at a Florida convenience store. After three days of relentless interrogation – with threats, lies, and beatings – investigators coerced a confession from him.
