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Troy Davis Receives Last Minute Stay

By Tennessee Coalition to Abolish State Killing

Only two hours before Troy Davis was to be executed in Georgia, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to consider Davis' appeal. Davis wants the Court to order a judge to hear from the witnesses who have recanted their original testimony against him and from others who say another man confessed to the crime.A variety of influential people have spoken out on Davis' behalf included former President Jimmy Carter, Al Sharpton, and Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa. In 1989, Davis was convicted of murder and sentenced to death based only on witness testimony. Seven of the nine non-police witnesses have since recanted that testimony, stating that they experienced police coercion. Davis' sister, Martina Correia, has been working tirelessly on behalf of her brother in order for the court to consider the new evidence indicating that Davis is innocent...continue to full post

Full post as published by tcask:: on the road (to abolition) on September 24, 2008 (boomark / email).