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Executing the Innocent?
Loaded on March 15, 2009
by David C Fathi
By David C. Fathi
Filed under:
Wrongful Conviction,
Death Penalty/Death Row,
Death Penalty,
Death Row.
Location:
Georgia.
At 7 p.m. on September 23, the state of Georgia plans to execute Troy Anthony Davis. That by itself is unremarkable; Georgia has carried out 42 executions since 1983, including two since May of this year. What makes this case different are the serious questions that …
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