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Troy Davis Update: Appeals in Supreme Court Filed | Human Rights Now - Amnesty International USA Blog

4.2.11

Troy Davis Update: Appeals in Supreme Court Filed | Human Rights Now - Amnesty International USA Blog: "On Friday, January 21, 2011, Troy Davis’ lawyers filed an appeal and a cert. petition with the U.S. Supreme Court. The appeals are available via ScotusBlog here and here. These two documents challenge the ruling of a federal district court in Savannah, Georgia that Davis did not meet an extraordinarily high standard required to prove his innocence. The federal district court held an evidentiary hearing, ordered by the Supreme Court, on Davis’ innocence claim in June, 2010 and ruled against him in September, thus denying Davis relief from his death sentence."

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