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Friday, June 29, 2007

Georgia schedules second execution of 2007

A convicted cop killer has an execution date. Today the Department of Corrections set July 17th to execute 38-year-old Troy Anthony Davis. Davis was convicted of shooting Savannah police officer Mark McPhail in 1989. On Monday the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Davis’ appeal. This week Georgia executed convicted murderer John Hightower.

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