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Supreme Court Orders Evidentiary Hearing for Death Row Prisoner Troy Anthony Davis; Rare Decision Could Result in New Trial

The Supreme Court has taken the rare step of ordering a new hearing for Georgia death row prisoner Troy Anthony Davis. The nation's highest court ordered a federal district court in Georgia to "receive testimony and make findings of fact as to whether evidence that could not have been obtained at the time of trial clearly establishes his innocence." Davis was convicted for the 1989 killing of a white police officer. Since then, seven of the nine non-police witnesses have recanted their testimony, and there is no physical evidence tying him to the crime scene. In a Democracy Now! special, we hear from Davis, speaking from death row; Davis's fifteen-year-old nephew Antone, and his sister Martina Correia, who have led the campaign to exonerate him; Laura Moye of Amnesty International USA; and Ezekiel Edwards, a staff attorney at the Innocence Project. Ref. Source 8

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Judge Rejects Death Row Prisoner Troy Davis's Innocence Claim

A federal judge in Georgia has rejected death row prisoner Troy Anthony Davis's claims of innocence. Last year the Supreme Court took the unusual step of ordering a district court in Georgia to hold a special evidentiary hearing to consider evidence that surfaced after Davis's conviction and might establish his innocence. Davis was convicted for the 1989 killing of an off-duty white police officer, Mark MacPhail. Since then, seven of the nine non-police witnesses have recanted their testimony, and there is no physical evidence tying him to the crime scene. Ref. Source 2

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Georgia parole board rejects clemency for Troy Davis

The Associated Press, citing two defense lawyers, said Georgia's board of pardons has rejected a bid to spare the life of Troy Davis, who has attracted high-profile support for his claim that he was wrongly convicted of killing a police officer in 1989. Ref. USAToday

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Ga. Delays execution of Troy Davis

The state is awaiting a decision by the Supreme Court on a stay of execution. Davis was scheduled to die at 7 p.m. E.T. For the 1989 killing of a Savannah, Ga., police officer. Ref. USAToday

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Troy Davis was put to death by injection in Georgia on Wednesday at 11:08 ET despite numerous last-ditch attempts by his lawyers and supporters to stay the execution.

Davis had been scheduled to die by lethal injection at 7 p.m. ET for the 1989 killing of Mark MacPhail. But the proceeding was delayed more than three hours as the justices pondered a plea filed by his attorneys after last-ditch appeals failed throughout the day.

Davis had been scheduled to die three times before, most recently in October 2008. That time, the U.S. Supreme Court halted the execution two hours before it was scheduled.

The case has drawn international attention, with Pope Benedict XVI, South African anti-apartheid leader Desmond Tutu and former President Jimmy Carter saying the execution should be called off. Amnesty International and the NAACP have led efforts to exonerate Davis, and U.N. human rights officials joined those calls Wednesday. Ref. CNN

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Troy Davis' Last Words Before He Was Put To Death
By Bossip Staff

As he lay dying in a Georgia prison, Troy Davis had a few words to say to his alleged victim's family. Ref. Source 7