After graduating from Broad Ripple High School, he played football on a scholarship to Earlham College, finishing in 1954 with a degree in Geology and Religion.
Governor George Nigh appointed Macy to fill the unexpired term of his predecessor, Andy Coats, who resigned the district attorney's office to run for the U.S. Senate.
"[4] In 2001, Macy defended the death penalty, saying ''I feel like it makes my city, county and state a safer place for innocent people to live.
''[6] Macy was once dragged from a courtroom after he became angry when a jury acquitted six defendants for shooting at law enforcement officers.
[8] Robert H. Macy is accused of conspiring with Joyce Gilchrist to commit forensic misconduct and fraud on multiple death penalty cases.