Troy Davis: Will the U.S. Supreme Ct. Hear His Case?

The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to decide whether or not to hear arguments in the case of Georgia death row inmate, Troy Davis. The high court issued a stay of execution last Tuesday, less than two hours before Davis' scheduled execution for the murder of a Savannah police officer. If the court decides to hear Davis' case, he will have to wait until early 2009 for an answer. If not, his execution could be rescheduled immediately.

 ATLANTA (AP) - The family of a police officer killed in 1989 is
upset that the execution of the man convicted of his murder was
delayed.
      Troy Davis' family and a busload of supporters sang, wept and
prayed when they learned he was granted a temporary reprieve from
the Supreme Court on Tuesday just hours before he was to be executed.
      It was the second time he had been spared.
      Mark MacPhail was shot and killed in 1989 while moonlighting as
a security guard at a Savannah bus station. He rushed to help a
homeless man who had been pistol-whipped and was shot twice when he
approached Davis and two other men.
      Embittered by delays and legal maneuvering, the family was
devastated by Tuesday's reprieve.
      Davis was convicted in 1991. But seven of the nine key witnesses
who helped put Davis on death row have since recanted their
statements. Three other people have said one of the witnesses who
testified at Davis' trial later confessed to killing the officer.