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SCOTUS orders innocence hearing in Troy Davis case

By Douglas A. Berman

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The Supreme Court is making some rare summer news this morning through a ruling in a high-profile capital case.  Here are the basic details from this SCOTUSblog postby Lyle Denniston: The Supreme Court, over two Justices? dissents, 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 (In re Davis, 08-1443)  The Court told the District Court to ?receive testimony and make findings of fact as to whether evidence that could have been obtained at the time of trial clearly establishes [Davis'] innocence.? Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas dissented, and some of their arguments were answered in a separate opinion by Justice John Paul Stevens, joined by Justices Stephen G...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on August 17, 2009 (boomark / email).

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