Aug 24, 2010
Ga. Death Row Inmate Failed to Prove Innocence, Rules Federal Judge
A Georgia federal judge ruled Tuesday against Troy Davis’ claims that he is innocent of the 1989 murder for which he’s been sentenced to death. The decision came nearly a year after the U.S. Supreme Court granted the request Davis’ supporters had been making for years: Order a judge to review what they say is evidence showing Davis did not murder police officer Mark Allen MacPhail