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U.S. Supreme Court Issues Stay of Execution for Troy Davis

By David Badertscher, PLL

<p><font size="2"><strong>Sources: </strong><em>Crime and Justice News,</em> September 24, 2008<em>;</em> <em>CNN</em> September 23, 2008:</font></p> <p><font size="2">"The U.S. Supreme Court issued a stay of execution for Troy Anthony Davis less than two hours before he was to be put to death by lethal injection yesterday, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Davis, 39, sits on death row for the 1989, killing of Savannah Police Officer Mark Allen MacPhail. Annelie Reaves, MacPhail's sister, said the victim's family was furious but would wait for the execution to be rescheduled. "</font></p> <p><font size="2">"It was the second time that Davis, whose claims of innocence have attracted international attention, was granted a stay hours before he was to be put to death. In July 2007, the state Board of Pardons and Paroles postponed his execution less than 24 hours before it was to occur. Supreme Court justices are scheduled to meet Monday to decide whether to hear Davis' appeal of a ruling issued by the Georgia Supreme Court in March. In that 4-3 decision, the state court rejected Davis' bid for a new trial or a court hearing to present new evidence. "</font></p> <p><a href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001hzaV1jZk-tJ9DwUZoEL8rQ-AMDYruG9kvOrm0JXlhTk_En6dYr0ZGnm4DjzFCkbvcKcZyVM42rbx5gqD91UXHCZPSYf7BDHA4_ei5ejgMa7m4kUEuA96sJ_B1UjthuDhESIJiNKsEPxL9_7nXmfVpGhq6GogpNqpzWOQ-6R9mcZOVzKzLamCm7iKbBPzvjnvRo2IFBRGimfDqNS6Ri8iqm6SGCF-4t-8FDcZvLPzsucRib0_tKyIdkMKYRQ9zmaa" shape="rect" color="#0000FF" target="_blank"><font size="2">Atlanta Journal-Constitution</font></a><font size="2"> </font></p> <p><font size="2">For CNN commentary </font><a target="_blank"><font size="2">click here.</font></a></p> <p>To see U.S. Supreme Court Order granting stay<a href="http://www.supremecourtus.gov/orders/courtorders/092308pzr.pdf" target="_blank"> cllick here</a></p> <p><font size="2"> </font> </p>

Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on September 24, 2008 (boomark / email).