Troy Davis given another week
Posted on
September 23, 2008 by
Gideon
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CapDefWeekly has the news that Troy Davis’ execution has been stayed another week, at least. He explains:
The stay appears related to his actual innocence claim – the scotusblog.com has the details. The Court appears to be concerned with the question left open in Herrera – whether factual innocence alone is enough to prevent an execution &, assuming the answer is yes, what standard must the condemned show.
Tune in to CDW to get updates.
Georgia almost (and still might) executed an almost certainly innocent man.
Nice post….I got the email alert about this case when they spared his life…
It still amazes me how this country has some sort of sick love affair with the death penalty, yet puffs it’s chest out as the moral compass for the rest of the world.
Fortunately, the rest of the world is no longer looking to the US Supreme court for legal guidance as much as they use to.
A few years back the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals held that actual innocence is not grounds for appeal.
I think cases like this point out that just because a trial was “fair” doesn’t mean the result was right.
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