[image description: comic strip. panel: title: Keith Davis Jr. text: "On July 7th, 2015, Keith Davis Jr. was walking down the street in Baltimore, MD." illustration of Keith doing so.
panel: Keith looks panicked. "When he heard someone yell 'gun!' Keith, along with others, started to run."
panel: Keith is running. "The police were chasing an armed robbery suspect who they lost sight of. When they saw Keith running, they started chasing him instead. Keith ran into a garage for safety."
panel: cops pointing their guns at a garage. "Still pursuing Keith, 4 Baltimore City police officers fired over 40 bullets into the garage. The police would later claim they recovered an unloaded gun from the garage. Keith was struck 3 times, including once in the face, but survived."
panel: garage with bullet holes. "This was one of the first instances of the police shooting someone after the killing of Freddie Gray. The Baltimore City State's Attorney, Marilyn Mosby, declined to prosecute any of the 4 officers without even interviewing them."
panel: Keith looking at the sky. "Keith was acquitted of all charges related to the armed robbery after the victim stated Keith did not look like the man who robbed him."
panel: Keith in prison wearing an orange suit. "Days after he was acquitted, Marilyn Mosby charged Keith with murder, saying the gun that was found in the garage was used in a murder earlier that same day."
panel: "Marilyn Mosby has now tried him for 1 time and murder 4 times with no conviction standing. She is now planning to try him for a record 5th time in May 2022. 'As he faces a sixth trial next year, Keith Davis Jr. will become only the second person in US history to be tried this many times for the same incident,' said Colin Miller, Professor of Law at the University of South Carolina, editor of EvidenceProfBlog and co-host of the Undisclosed Podcast." chart listing the dates, trial numbers, charges, and outcomes of all 6 trials.
Feb 2016, robbery, acquitted
May 2017, murder, mistrial
Oct 2017, murder, overturned
Jun 2018, murder, mistrial
Jul 2019, murder, overturned
panel: "Every witness, including the police, described a person who was not Keith. Every eyewitness who looked at a photo array did not choose Keith. The DNA tests do not link Keith to the murder victim. The state's own expert testified that the suspected murder weapon was not fired that day."
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