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An Update on Troy Davis

By Steve Hall

"Judge says Troy Davis should appeal directly to U.S. Supreme Court," is the breaking report from the Savannah  Morning News.  It's by Jan Skutch. Attorneys for Troy Anthony Davis must appeal a denial of a new trial to the U.S. Supreme Court ? not the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals - in the 1989 slaying of off-duty Savannah police officer Mark Allen MacPhail, a federal judge has ruled.?Any review of this court?s decision should be by the Supreme Court itself, not an intermediate appellate court,?? U.S. District Judge William T. Moore Jr. ruled.Moore ruled in a 172-page order in August that Davis failed to prove his innocence in the MacPhail slaying and will not get a new trial.He sent his ruling directly to the Supreme Court...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on October 19, 2010 (boomark / email).