Len Davis
Len Davis | |
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Davis during his time in the NOPD (1990s) | |
| Born | August 6, 1964 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Other names | RoboCop Desire Projects Terrorist |
| Occupations | Former police officer, New Orleans Police Department |
| Criminal status | Incarcerated |
| Convictions | Deprivation of rights under color of law resulting in death Conspiracy to deprive rights Conspiracy to distribute cocaine Use of a firearm during a drug trafficking crime |
| Criminal penalty | Death; commuted to life imprisonment without possibility of parole (2024) |
| Details | |
| Victims | Rondell Santinac, 19 Kim Groves, 32 |
| Date | August 22, 1994 October 14, 1994 |
| State | Louisiana |
| Location | New Orleans |
Date apprehended | 1994 |
| Imprisoned at | ADX Florence |
Len Davis (born August 6, 1964) is a former New Orleans police officer. He was convicted in federal court of depriving civil rights through murder by conspiring with an assassin to kill a local resident who had reported him for abuse of power after seeing him beat a 17-year-old boy whom he had mistaken as the suspect in the shooting of a police officer. He was also convicted on drug smuggling charges. Davis became the first on-duty police officer to be sentenced to death for federal civil rights violations. His sentence was commuted to life in prison without possibility of parole by departing President Joe Biden in December 2024.
Years after his conviction, it was found that Davis had framed three innocent teenagers, who were sent to prison for a combined total of 84 years, for a murder that he himself is now believed to have committed. Davis allegedly also framed two other men, who had served a combined total of 56 years in prison for murders they say they did not commit. They have since been released from prison after pleading guilty to lesser charges. One of the two men, Dwayne LeBlanc, had ironically been the original suspect whom Davis had been searching for.