Troy Davis to be Executed in Georgia
Troy Davis, shown in this file photo from the Georgia Department of Corrections, is set to be executed on September 21, 2011. He was convicted of killing a Savannah, Georgie police officer in 1989. His appeal for clemency after several witnesses recanted their story was denied by the Georgia Pardons board today, September 20, 2011. UPI
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Georgia executed Troy Davis Wednesday for the murder of a police officer after the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday rejected Davis' appeal for a stay of execution.
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Georgia's Board of Pardons and Paroles has denied clemency for Troy Anthony Davis who is scheduled to die by lethal injection Wednesday evening.
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Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter, Bernice King, wants Georgia authorities to grant convicted cop killer Troy Anthony Davis mercy and stop his death sentence.
Thousands of people took part in coordinated rallies in Atlanta and around the world Friday to show support for Georgia death row inmate Troy Davis.
A Georgia prisoner who has been on death row for 19 years will be executed later this month unless he is granted clemency, a judge has determined.
The U.S. Supreme Court Monday rejected all attempts by Georgia death row inmate Troy Davis to gain time purportedly to prove his innocence.
The U.S. Supreme Court, by a vote of 7-2, ordered a federal judge in Georgia Monday to consider a death row prisoner's claim of innocence.
The first black district attorney in Chatham County, Ga., must get involved in a controversial, racially tinged death penalty case, advocates say.
