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Maria Ragland Davis

Case from Huntsville, AL dated Feb 12, 2010

Victim Details

Maria Ragland Davis

Female

Black / African American

Huntsville

AL

2010-02-12

50

Maria

Ragland Davis

07/06/2026

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On a Friday afternoon in February 2010, the life of Maria Ragland Davis, a 50-year-old female associate professor of biology, was cut short in an act of sudden and shocking violence. An accomplished academic specializing in plant genetics, she was attending a routine biology department faculty meeting at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, the institution where she had worked since 2002. The meeting took a horrific turn when a fellow professor, Amy Bishop, who had been denied tenure, pulled ...
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    I’ve been thinking a lot about how the ripple effects of the UAH tragedy affected so many lives, n... ...Read More
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    I've been reflecting on the legacy of Dr. Maria Ragland Davis, and I can't help but feel deeply for ... ...Read More
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