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News Coverage of the Davis Stay

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"With 2 Hours to Spare, Justices Stay Execution," is the New York Times report.The United States Supreme Court issued a stay of execution on Tuesday for a Georgia inmate convicted of killing a police officer in 1989, two hours before his scheduled death by lethal injection. The inmate, Troy A. Davis, 39, was convicted of murdering Mark MacPhail, a Savannah police officer. The Supreme Court, which issued the stay without explanation, will decide Monday whether to grant Mr. Davis?s appeal for a new trial. The case has drawn national and global attention, largely because seven of the nine witnesses at Mr. Davis?s trial later recanted their testimony, with two saying they felt pressured by the police to testify against Mr. Davis. Prosecutors presented no physical evidence, the murder weapon was never found, and three witnesses said another man later admitted to the killing...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on September 24, 2008 (boomark / email).