YEAAA.. Gotta get datt black man OUT ON DA STREETS. Where he can do some more damage.
On Nov 21, 4:45 pm, "Ms. Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Georgia death-row convict Davis gets new hearing > > November 21, 2008 · Print This Article <javascript:window.print()> > > A federal appeals court has agreed to take up the case of a Georgia man on > death row for allegedly killing a police officer despite strong doubts about > his guilt, legal sources said Thursday. > > Troy Davis, 40, is to get a new hearing on December 9, said the court, which > has postponed his scheduled execution for the murder nearly 20 years ago of > a white policeman. > > The federal appeals court can either confirm the death sentence or send the > case back to a lower court. > > Davis, who is African-American, has maintained his innocence and several > witnesses at his 1991 trial have since recanted. His lawyers have taken his > case all the way to the Supreme Court. > > In September, the high court halted Davis's execution two hours before he > was scheduled to die as it considered his request for a new trial. > > But last month, the court refused to consider the constitutionality of > executing a person when there is new, substantial evidence to show he was > not guilty of the crime, thus opening the way for the state to reschedule > his execution. > > Nine people who testified in Davis's 1991 trial have recanted, saying they > were pressured by police in the aftermath of the shooting. The murder weapon > was never recovered and there was no DNA recovered at the scene. > > -- > "Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over > their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change." > - Malcolm X, Malcolm X Speaks, 1965 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Black Focus Inc." group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Black-Focus-Inc?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
