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Stay for Troy Davis - UPDATED

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit has just entered a stay of execution for Troy Davis, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.Update - "Court issues stay of execution for Troy Davis," is Bill Rankin and Rhonda Cook's initial report on the Journal-Constitution website.The federal appeals court in Atlanta on Friday stayed the execution of Troy Anthony Davis, who was scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection Monday evening.?Upon our thorough review of the record, we conclude that Davis has met the burden for a stay of execution,? the court said in a ruling issued by Judges Joel Dubina, Rosemary Barket and Stanley Marcus. Davis, 40, recently lost an appeal before the U.S. Supreme Court...continue to full post

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