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Troy Davis

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The Supreme Court ended its term yesterday without acting on the cert petition filed by Troy Davis' attorneys.  Today's Atlanta Journal-Constitution carries the AP report, "Supreme Court delays Troy Davis decision."Death row inmate Troy Anthony Davis got another legal break Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court recessed for summer without acting on his latest appeal, likely delaying any developments in his case until fall. Earlier, his supporters presented Savannah?s district attorney with 60,000 petition signatures urging him to reopen the case. Davis has spent nearly 18 years on death row after his conviction for killing an off-duty police officer, and his case has become a rallying point for death penalty opponents worldwide...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on June 30, 2009 (boomark / email).