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Amnesty International on the Troy Davis Ruling

By Steve Hall

AI USA has issued the news release, "Amnesty International Gravely Concerned That Ruling Puts Troy Davis on Track for Execution; Cites Persisting Doubts About His Guilt."Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) today expressed deep concern that a federal district court decision puts Georgia death-row inmate Troy Anthony Davis back on track for execution, despite doubts about his guilt that were raised during a June evidentiary hearing. Judge William T. Moore, Jr. ruled that while executing an innocent person would violate the United States Constitution, Davis didn?t meet the extraordinarily high legal bar to prove his innocence.?Nobody walking out of that hearing could view this as an open-and-shut case,? said Larry Cox, executive director of AIUSA...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on August 24, 2010 (boomark / email).