Supreme Court Orders New Look at Death Row Case - NYTimes.com

New York Times by Adam Liptak | Aug. 18, 2009 (News Report)

A federal court in Georgia was ordered to take a fresh look at the case of Troy Davis, who is on death row for the 1989 murder of an off-duty police officer. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Samuel W. Velsor IV - Aug 18, 2009 - 12:02 AM PDT
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 by Samuel W. Velsor IV - Aug. 18, 2009

All out of session orders by the Court are important and must be reported on, especially when they are special.

Glad to see that a very rare case was heard and acted on for a death row inmate.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who joined the court this month, did not participate. More »

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