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Troy Anthony Davis almost certainly is innocent, but that has not stopped the State of Georgia from giving him a new execution date: September 23, 2008. A hearing on his case is scheduled before the ...

Members of the NAACP, Color of Change and Amnesty International are rallying together one last time to gain support for Georgia inmate Troy Davis, who is soon expected to face his fourth execution ...

(The Root) — The crushing image of a sobbing Elijah West captured the collective sorrow of people across the globe a year ago when word spread that a Georgia Parole Board had denied clemency for his ...

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Georgia executed Troy Davis on Wednesday night for the murder of an off-duty police officer, a crime he denied committing right to the end as supporters around the world mourned and declared that an ...

ATLANTA AP - With less than half a day left to live, Troy Davis faced execution Wednesday despite a furious campaign in the U.S. and Europe to win clemency for the 1989 slaying of a Georgia policeman ...

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Now that the Supreme Court has refused to hear Troy Davis's case, all we can do is hope that a public outcry against his October 27 execution will hit a nerve with Georgia's Board of Pardons and ...

Nation associate editor Liliana Segura pays a visit to Up With Chris Hayes to discuss the specifics of Davis’s case—and whether the controversy that surrounds it will lead to a permanent shift in ...