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Monday morning Troy Davis blogging

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

Later this morning the Georgia Supreme Court is expected to rule on what amounts to Troy Davis’ last best hope for justice. The factual background on Davis’ reads something like this: In the early morning hours of August 19, 1989, off-duty police officer Mark McPhail was murdered as he responded to an altercation and assault in a dark Burger King parking lot in a rough section of Savannah, Georgia. At trial, the prosecution presented to the jury a string of eyewitnesses who identified one of multiple youths at the scene, Troy Anthony Davis, as the individual responsible for Officer McPhail?s death. Mr. Davis was convicted of Officer McPhail?s murder, and of another shooting that occurred in a different location on the same night...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on March 17, 2008 (boomark / email).