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Troy Davis Hearing Begins in Savannah

By Steve Hall

"Court to hear Troy Davis' innocence claims in cop's 1989 killing," is the title of the report by Bill Rankin in today's Atlanta Journal-Constitution.Troy Anthony Davis returns today to Savannah, where he was convicted and sentenced to death almost two decades ago for killing an off-duty police officer during a late-night melee.For more than a decade, Davis has sought to present in open court his claims of innocence, including the testimony of seven key prosecution witnesses who have recanted or contradicted their trial testimony. Today in U.S. District Court in Savannah he will get that chance, thanks to an extraordinary ruling last year by the nation's highest court.Before today's hearing, spectators and members of the news media hoping to get a seat began forming a line outside the federal courthouse before 6 a...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on June 23, 2010 (boomark / email).