Is Georgia About To Execute An Innocent Man?

Georgia has rejected clemency for Troy Davis.

Davis has captured worldwide attention because of the doubt his supporters have raised over whether he killed (off-duty Savannah police officer Marc] MacPhail. Several of the witnesses who helped convict Davis at his 1991 trial have backed off their testimony or recanted. Others who did not testify say another man at the scene admitted to the shooting.

The U.S. Supreme Court even granted Davis a hearing last year to prove his innocence, the first time it had done so for a death row inmate in at least 50 years. But in that June 2010 hearing, Davis couldn’t convince a federal judge to grant him a new trial. The Supreme Court did not review his case. Federal appeals courts and the Georgia Supreme Court have upheld his conviction, leaving the parole board as his last chance.

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.