Amnesty International Issues Statement on Supreme Court’s Davis Order

Amnesty International released this statement Monday on the SCOTUS order:

“We are grateful that the nation’s highest court has seen the wisdom in granting a new evidentiary hearing to Troy Davis,” said Laura Moye, director of AIUSA’s Death Penalty Abolition Campaign.  “For years Amnesty International has maintained that this man’s compelling case of innocence needs to see the light of day.  Finally it will.  Given the lack of hard evidence tying Davis to Officer MacPhail’s murder, it would be nothing short of unconscionable to put him to death as a means of conveniently tying up loose ends.  Finally there is an opportunity for justice to truly be served.”

Read more about the Supreme Court’s order HERE.