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Petition & Amicus Filed on Behalf of Troy Davis

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"New plea on innocence," is Lyle Denniston's SCOTUS Blog report.Saying that no court has ever held a hearing on a Georgia death row inmate?s claim of innocence of a murder 20 years ago, and noting that the Supreme Court is his last hope, lawyers for Troy Anthony Davis have asked the Justices to order a full review in a lower court of the claim that someone else committed the crime and that key witnesses against Davis have recanted. The plea for an ?original? habeas writ ? that is, one not pursued first in lower courts ? was filed Tuesday in In re Davis (docket 08-1443). The petition for a type of writ that the Court?s rules say is ?rarely granted,? a type that will be granted only in unusual circumstances, can be found here.  An amicus brief supporting a new hearing was filed by a group of former prosecutors and judges, including former Deputy Attorney General Larry Thompson; it can be found here...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on May 22, 2009 (boomark / email).