The Seattle Times is reporting that the Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Georgia death row inmate Troy Davis, clearing the way for the state to resume planning Davis’ execution. Suggested ...

(The Root) — The crushing image of a sobbing Elijah West captured the collective sorrow of people across the globe a year ago when word spread that a Georgia Parole Board had denied clemency for his ...

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At 7:05 p.m., five minutes after his scheduled death, Davis’ supporters erupted in cheers, hugs and tears outside the jail in Jackson, Ga., as supporters believed Davis had been saved from the death ...

Two defense lawyers say Georgia's board of pardons has rejected a bid to spare the life of Troy Davis, who has attracted high-profile support for his claim that he was wrongly convicted of killing a ...

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Troy Anthony Davis almost certainly is innocent, but that has not stopped the State of Georgia from giving him a new execution date: September 23, 2008. A hearing on his case is scheduled before the ...

Last October, it seemed that time had run out for Troy Davis.The U.S. Supreme Court, which had temporarily stayed Davis' execution for the 1989 murder of Savannah police officer Mark Allen MacPhail, ...

It's hard to believe but tomorrow, for the first time, a court will hear evidence of Troy Davis's innocence of a crime he was convicted of almost 20 years ago. Davis was convicted of the 1989 murder ...

ATLANTA AP - With less than half a day left to live, Troy Davis faced execution Wednesday despite a furious campaign in the U.S. and Europe to win clemency for the 1989 slaying of a Georgia policeman ...

ATLANTA — With less than half a day left to live, Troy Davis' supporters in the U.S. and Europe were trying just about anything Wednesday to win his clemency for killing a Georgia policeman, a crime ...

COLUMBUS, GA (WTOC/WTVM) - On Tuesday, Troy Anthony Davis is scheduled to die for killing a Savannah police officer. Davis was convicted of murdering officer Mark MacPhail in 1989. Last week, the ...