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Today's Fulton County Daily Report has, "Georgia Death Row Inmate Loses 11th Circuit Appeal.  It's written by Alyson Palmer.A federal appeals court on Thursday ruled against death row inmate Troy Anthony Davis by a vote of 2-1. Davis' claims of innocence have delayed his execution for the killing of a Savannah, Ga., police officer in 1989. Seven of the nine trial witnesses for the prosecution have recanted their testimony, according to Davis' lawyers, who also cite affidavits from other witnesses saying another prosecution witness, Sylvester Coles, has confessed to the crime. Judges Joel F. Dubina and Stanley Marcus of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said in their opinion issued late Thursday afternoon that after "painstaking review" they concluded that Davis had "completely failed" to meet the procedural requirements for filing a second federal habeas petition...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on April 20, 2009 (boomark / email).