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"Hearing on innocence claim ordered"

"Hearing on innocence claim ordered": This morning at "SCOTUSblog," Lyle Denniston has a post that begins, "The Supreme Court, splitting 6-2, on Monday ordered a federal judge in Georgia to consider and rule on the claim of innocence in the murder case against Troy Anthony Davis."

And The Associated Press reports that "Supreme Court says Georgia man should get hearing."

You can access the U.S. Supreme Court's order, and a concurring opinion by Justice John Paul Stevens, in which Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen G. Breyer joined, by clicking here. You can access the dissenting opinion of Justice Antonin Scalia, in which Justice Clarence Thomas joined, by clicking here.

Full post as published by How Appealing on August 17, 2009 (boomark / email).