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News Coverage of Troy Davis Ruling

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The New York Times reports, "Georgia Court Refuses New Trial in Death Penalty Case."In a split decision, the Georgia Supreme Court refused Monday to allow a new trial for a man sentenced to death for the 1989 murder of a Savannah police officer, despite recantations from seven of nine witnesses who originally testified against him. The ruling is a blow to advocates for the convicted man, Troy A. Davis, 39, who had collected affidavits from many of the witnesses who originally testified against him. Many said that their trial testimony had been coerced by investigators who were under pressure to convict someone in the murder of a fellow officer. In the 4-to-3 decision, the court?s majority wrote that the sworn testimony at the trial was more important than the later recantations, noting that many of the witnesses have simply said they did not feel able to identify the person who shot the officer...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on March 18, 2008 (boomark / email).