Comments on: Troy Davis given another week http://apublicdefender.com/2008/09/23/troy-davis-given-another-week/ Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:29:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Paul B. Kennedy http://apublicdefender.com/2008/09/23/troy-davis-given-another-week/comment-page-1/#comment-39931 Paul B. Kennedy Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:46:41 +0000 http://apublicdefender.com/?p=1584#comment-39931 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. Paul B. Kennedy http://kennedy-law.biz 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.

Paul B. Kennedy
http://kennedy-law.biz

]]> By: Lil Spicy http://apublicdefender.com/2008/09/23/troy-davis-given-another-week/comment-page-1/#comment-39895 Lil Spicy Wed, 24 Sep 2008 06:11:38 +0000 http://apublicdefender.com/?p=1584#comment-39895 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. 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.

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