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Tory Davis' Federal Hearing Concludes

By Steve Hall

Bill Rankin writes, "Judge must decide whether Troy Davis proved innocence in cop killing," for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.In closing arguments Thursday, a member of Davis' legal team contended police rushed to judgment and got the wrong man in the killing. But a state attorney countered that Davis had fallen far short of producing enough new evidence to convince anyone that he did not gun down Savannah police Officer Mark Allen MacPhail as he ran to the aid of a homeless man being pistol-whipped.At the close of the extraordinary two-day hearing ordered by the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. District Judge William T. Moore Jr. did not issue an immediate ruling. He instructed attorneys to file legal briefs by July 7 and said he would rule as promptly as possible...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on June 25, 2010 (boomark / email).