Convicted Cop Killer's Case Gets Support From Former Judges and Prosecutors

Troy Davis

By: Russ Riesinger | WSAV News 3
Published: May 20, 2009

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ATLANTA (AP) - Twenty-seven former judges and prosecutors have filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court supporting Troy Davis' appeal to avoid execution.
Among those who signed onto the brief - filed Wednesday - are former Deputy Attorney General Larry Thompson and ex-U.S. Rep. Bob Barr, once U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Georgia.
Davis' attorneys have asked the high court to send his case back to a federal judge for a hearing. They say that to execute him without a full and fair hearing on his claims of innocence would be unconstitutional.
Davis was sentenced to die in the 1989 slaying of Mark MacPhail, an off-duty Savannah police officer. Seven of nine key witnesses against Davis have recanted their testimony.

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