h1s_l0rdsh1p
28-03-2008, 07:02 PM
THE GEORGIA Supreme Court isn't going to let the truth stop the state from executing an innocent man.
In a 4-to-3 vote on March 17, the court turned down an appeal for a new trial for Troy Davis, despite the fact that nearly all the eyewitnesses who testified against Davis in his original trial have recanted their stories. Many say they were coerced into implicating Davis in the first place.
Despite this, Georgia Supreme Court Justice Harold Melton wrote, "We simply cannot disregard the jury's verdict in this case."
More to read here:
http://socialistworker.org/2008-1/667/667_05_TroyDavis.shtml
I'm not a socialist, but it's a damn good read, in my opinion.
In a 4-to-3 vote on March 17, the court turned down an appeal for a new trial for Troy Davis, despite the fact that nearly all the eyewitnesses who testified against Davis in his original trial have recanted their stories. Many say they were coerced into implicating Davis in the first place.
Despite this, Georgia Supreme Court Justice Harold Melton wrote, "We simply cannot disregard the jury's verdict in this case."
More to read here:
http://socialistworker.org/2008-1/667/667_05_TroyDavis.shtml
I'm not a socialist, but it's a damn good read, in my opinion.