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An Update on Troy Davis

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"Federal appeals court to hear Davis case Dec. 9,"is the AP report via the Augusta Chronicle.The federal appeals court in Atlanta will hear arguments Dec. 9 on whether death row inmate Troy Anthony Davis can continue to challenge his conviction in the killing of a Savannah police officer, a state official said Wednesday. storyPhotos(); Russ Willard, spokesman for the Attorney General's Office, said a three-judge 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel will hear arguments on whether Davis can file a second federal challenge to his conviction. The 11th Circuit issued a stay of execution three days before the 40-year-old Davis was scheduled to die Oct. 27 for the 1989 murder of Officer Mark MacPhail. It was the third time since July 2007 that Davis has been spared the death penalty by a late court decision...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on November 20, 2008 (boomark / email).