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Judge Rejects Death Row Prisoner Troy Davis?s Innocence Claim

By "Persian Cowboy"

  A federal judge in Georgia has rejected death row prisoner Troy Anthony Davis?s claims of innocence. Last year the Supreme Court took the unusual step of ordering a district court in Georgia to hold a special evidentiary hearing to consider evidence that surfaced after Davis?s conviction and might establish his innocence. Davis was convicted for the 1989 killing of an off-duty white police officer, Mark MacPhail. Since then, seven of the nine non-police witnesses have recanted their testimony, and there is no physical evidence tying him to the crime scene. [includes rush transcript]Guest: Martina Correia, Troy Davis?s sister and leading campaigner against the death penalty. ----------------------------------------------------- AMY GOODMAN: A federal judge in Georgia has rejected death row prisoner Troy Anthony Davis?s claims of innocence...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on August 26, 2010 (boomark / email).