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Supreme Court Delays Ruling on Troy Davis Appeal

HeadlineOct 07, 2008

The Supreme Court will continue to consider the appeal of the Georgia death row prisoner Troy Anthony Davis. The court gave Davis a last-minute reprieve less than two hours before his scheduled execution last month. It was expected to issue a final ruling on Davis’s appeal on Monday but instead said it will deliberate for at least two more sessions. An African American, Davis was convicted for the 1989 killing of a white police officer, Mark Allen McPhail. But since the trial, seven of the nine non-police witnesses have recanted their testimony. There is no direct physical evidence tying Davis to the crime scene. And three witnesses claim another man later admitted to the killing.

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