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Troy Davis Case Full of Murky Legal Questions

By Steve Hall

That's the title of an AP report by Russ Bynum, via the Savannah Morning News.  LINK  For those following the Davis case, it's a must-read.Thanks to an order from the U.S. Supreme Court, a Georgia death row inmate was granted a hearing to prove his innocence to a federal judge ? a chance afforded no American facing execution in nearly half a century.Now that the court hearing is over, what happens next isn't so clear. The case of condemned inmate Troy Anthony Davis is so unusual, legal experts can't even agree on what the judge can do.Davis' fate rests with a U.S. District Court judge who heard testimony in June from witnesses who say they lied at Davis' trial. Others say they heard another man confess to the 1989 slaying of Savannah police officer Mark MacPhail...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on July 06, 2010 (boomark / email).