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A Return to the Troy Davis Case in Georgia

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This afternoon, a three judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit rejected an appeal by Troy Davis, in a controversial Georgia case.  The opinion is here.Bill Rankin writes, "Federal court rejects Troy Davis' appeal," for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.The federal appeals court in Atlanta on Thursday rejected death-row inmate Troy Anthony Davis? bid for a new trial on claims he did not kill a Savannah police officer in 1989. In a 2-1 opinion, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Davis could not establish by clear and convincing evidence a jury would not have found him guilty.Davis? innocence claims have attracted international attention. They rely largely on the recantations of key prosecution witnesses who testified at trial and on statements by others who say another man told them he was the actual killer...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on April 16, 2009 (boomark / email).