Troy Davis

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Surprised I couldn't find a thread on this. I'm no legal expert, but why did 3-4 courts deny a stay of execution for a man that seems innocent?
 
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Is Georgia the new Texas? I've lost all faith in the legal system after this. I'm no proponent of capital punishment to begin with, but if there's reasonable doubt then a man CANNOT be put to death.
 
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Seven of nine witnesses against him say they were coerced, several of the jurors who convicted him signed statements that they would change their mind knowing what they know now, the first guy to point the finger at him was likely the one who actually did it, and there's not a single shred of evidence actually linking him to the crime...why kill him anyway?

I feel like there has to be a good reason for that many courts to turn him down, but I can't for the life of me figure out what it is.
 
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I wish everyone would read up on the case before posting. That's something I haven't done, but I don't see anything Georgia did wrong. He used his appeals, and lost.
 
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Clarence Thomas was the SCOTUS Justice that denied the final stay of execution request... big surprise there.../s
 
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Davis was not the only U.S. inmate put to death Wednesday evening. In Texas, white supremacist gang member Lawrence Russell Brewer was put to death for the 1998 dragging death of a black man, James Byrd Jr., one of the most notorious hate crime murders in recent U.S. history.
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TennesseeFan07 said:
I wish everyone would read up on the case before posting. That's something I haven't done, but I don't see anything Georgia did wrong. He used his appeals, and lost.
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That would require some effort. Some would rather bash the justice system for everything its worth, rather than see the truth. If there was any doubt, the Supreme Court would have stayed the execution
 
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Surprised there wasn't a thread on this before either.

It seems the facts in the case support his conviction. All this after-the-fact talk seems to cloud the issue, but he's gone through several appeals. If it were compelling enough to issue a stay, I believe it would have been.
 
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golfballs03 said:
Surprised there wasn't a thread on this before either.

It seems the facts in the case support his conviction. All this after-the-fact talk seems to cloud the issue, but he's gone through several appeals. If it were compelling enough to issue a stay, I believe it would have been.
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+1 all we here is speculation and what his lawyer wants us to hear. If there was enough doubt, he wouldn't have died last night.
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CountVolcula said:
That would require some effort. Some would rather bash the justice system for everything its worth, rather than see the truth. If there was any doubt, the Supreme Court would have stayed the execution
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Just like the cop charged w murder in California. I'm sure he was just doing his job.
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The outpouring of support for this guy is unreal. Do a little research.
 
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he was convicted of that murder. and the ballistics from that case were linked to the one he was put to death for. am I wrong?
 
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golfballs03 said:
he was convicted of that murder. and the ballistics from that case were linked to the one he was put to death for. am I wrong?
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That's what I understood. People seem to be totally overlooking that he shot someone before the controversial events concerning the killing of MacPhail...
 
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Hmmm, I read earlier that this overwhelming international movement calling for the stay of execution swelled to 500 supporters outside of the prison and 150 at the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Doesn't seem overwhelming to me.

The Supreme Court ordered a subordinate court to review all the evidence in the case and decide if there should be a new trial. He was convicted of shooting a man at a party and the casings from that gun were found at the scene where the police officer was shot. They just never found the gun.
 
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...and that the shell casings at both crime scenes matched and that the killing occurred in 1989 and has been reviewed repeatedly.
 
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golfballs03 said:
he was convicted of that murder. and the ballistics from that case were linked to the one he was put to death for. am I wrong?
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Yeah. One of the witnesses who didn't ever change his story was pegged as the shooter in the shooting.

So who knows but a lot of weird stuff went on.
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Vols520 said:
Yeah. One of the witnesses who didn't ever change his story was pegged as the shooter in the shooting.

So who knows but a lot of weird stuff went on.
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How does that make me wrong?
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