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Supreme Court Refuses to Stay Execution of Potentially Innocent Man

By | 10.15.08 | 10:35 am

The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday cleared the way for Georgia to execute a man convicted of murdering a police officer in 1989, though seven of nine witnesses in his case have since recanted.

Lawyers for the defendant, Troy Anthony Davis, now 40, had hoped the court would grant certiorari to More…