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Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Georgia top court says no to halt of Davis execution

Troy Davis is scheduled for execution tonight at the state prison in Jackson. Another request for a new trial before the Georgia Supreme Court yesterday was denied, the second time Georgia’s high court has done so. Unless a last minute stay comes from the U.S. Supreme Court today, Davis will die by lethal injection at 7pm. The Davis case has received much attention as seven of the nine witnesses who originally testified against him have recanted.

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