Court Report

Troy Davis Jurors Have Second Thoughts

SAVANNAH, Ga. - Inside the jury room, seven men and five women huddled around a table to discuss a parade of witnesses in the case of an off-duty police officer shot and killed outside a fast-food restaurant. In just two hours they found Troy Anthony Davis guilty. In another seven, they said he deserved to die. Both times they were unanimous. Since then, Davis' attorneys have delayed his execution three times — less than 24 hours before he was to be executed, in one instance — by raising doubts about those witnesses. Read more...
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