Significant doubt does not count in Georgia

ACLU Lens: Georgia Board of Pardons and Parole Denies Clemency to Troy Davis Despite Serious Doubts About his Guilt » Blog of Rights: Official Blog of the American Civil Liberties Union: "The execution of Troy Davis is, to use Justice Stevens' words, "perilously close to simple murder." His conviction is forever tainted by significant doubt. Stranger eyewitness testimony is notoriously unreliable, and the eyewitnesses in this case — most of whom have recanted — say they were pressured by law enforcement, eager to close the murder of a police officer. The Georgia Bureau of Investigations itself says the jury was misled into believing that the gun used in the killing matched Troy's. "

No cloture for anyone in this situation.

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