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More Commentary on Troy Davis

By Steve Hall

Amy Goodman writes the syndicated column, "Troy Davis and the meaning of ?actual innocence?," via the Northport Gazette of Alabama.Sitting on death row in Georgia, Troy Davis has won a key victory against his own execution. On Aug. 17, the U.S. Supreme Court instructed a federal court in Georgia to consider, for the first time in a formal court proceeding, significant evidence of Davis? innocence that surfaced after his conviction. This is the first such order from the U.S. Supreme Court in almost 50 years. Remarkably, the Supreme Court has never ruled on whether it is unconstitutional to execute an innocent person.The order read, in part, ?The District Court should receive testimony and make findings of fact as to whether evidence that could not have been obtained at the time of trial clearly establishes petitioner?s innocence...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on August 28, 2009 (boomark / email).