Category: Troy Davis

September 21, 2011

Did Troy Davis death-penalty case expose flaws in 'executive clemency'?

Filed under: Troy Davis - 21 Sep 2011

ATLANTA — The Georgia pardons board is likely to announce Tuesday whether it will grant leniency to condemned cop killer Troy Davis. The board questioned Davis supporters about his claims of innocence and listened to the officer's

ATLANTA — Georgia's board …

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September 20, 2011

Did Troy Davis death-penalty case expose flaws in 'executive clemency'?

Filed under: Troy Davis - 20 Sep 2011

ATLANTA — Georgia's board of pardons rejected a last-ditch clemency bid from Troy Davis on Tuesday, one day before his scheduled execution, despite support from figures including an ex-president and a former FBI

Troy Davis has become a cause celebre for …

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Did Troy Davis death-penalty case expose flaws in 'executive clemency'?

Filed under: Troy Davis - 20 Sep 2011

The refusal to grant clemency for deathrow prisoner Troy Davis is a huge setback for human rights in the USA.

Death Row inmate Troy Davis denied clemency: "The Georgia Board of Pardons and Parole has denied clemency for death-row inmate Troy …

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Troy Davis loses last-ditch clemency bid, after winning global support

Filed under: Troy Davis - 20 Sep 2011

Georgia's pardons board on Tuesday rejected a last-ditch plea for clemency from death row inmate Troy Davis despite high-profile support for his claim that he was wrongly convicted of killing a police officer in 1989. (Sept. 20) (/The Associated Press)

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DOWNTOWN: Troy Davis' family pleads for clemency

Filed under: Troy Davis - 20 Sep 2011

Amnesty International activists hold banners in support of Troy Davis in front of the US Embassy in Rome on Sept. 16, 2011. (Alberto Pizzoli/Getty-AFP) It was a chilling moment but also a clarifying one in that it validated the grimmest …

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September 17, 2011

Hundreds march in Georgia to oppose Troy Davis execution

Filed under: Troy Davis - 17 Sep 2011

Troy Davis: The Rev. Al Sharpton and others will take to the streets of Atlanta on Friday evening to protest the scheduled execution of Troy Davis, a Savannah, Ga., man convicted of killing a police officer in 1989.

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