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The Troy Davis Case

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"Lawyers launch new appeal effort," is Bill Rankin's report in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.Lawyers for Troy Anthony Davis, scheduled to be executed Monday, are seeking permission to file a new federal lawsuit based on innocence claims. Davis? attorneys on Wednesday asked the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to stay his execution by lethal injection and allow them to file a new round of appeals. ?Mr. Davis? execution in light of new evidence concerning his innocence is constitutionally intolerable,? the motion said. ?Society recoils at state execution of an innocent person.? Davis, 40, already has pursued ?- and lost ?- appeals through the state and federal courts. The U.S. Supreme Court recently declined to hear Davis? latest appeal, setting the course for his execution...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on October 23, 2008 (boomark / email).