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Supreme Court Stays Execution of Georgia Man

Convicted killer had 2 hours to live before ruling spared him

By Laurel Jorgensen,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 23, 2008 8:45 PM CDT

(Newser) – The Supreme Court issued a stay of execution for a Georgia man only two hours before he was scheduled to die tonight, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Troy Anthony Davis has been on death row since 1991, when he was convicted of killing an off-duty police...   Read full story »

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