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AEDPA & Troy Davis

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Atlanta Progressive News has, "Analysis: Joe Biden to Blame for Troy Davis' Fate?"  It's written by Matthew Cardinale.With the US Court of Appeals panel's split ruling putting Troy Davis again, for the fourth time, on track to be executed by the State of Georgia, the role of 1996 federal death penalty legislation championed by Vice President Joe Biden--then a US Senator from Delaware--comes to light. Davis, whose case has drawn international attention, is on death row for the convicted murder of a Savannah police officer. Davis?s family and attorneys have produced affidavits from 7 out of 9 witnesses recanting their statements at trial, implicating another man as guilty, and alleging police coercion as the reason for why these witnesses testified against Davis in the first place...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on April 21, 2009 (boomark / email).