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torsdag, september 22, 2011

Troy Davis Is Executed in Georgia for Murder of Police Officer

 USA:s dödsstraff är en stor skam för landet.

Troy Davis was put to death by lethal injection late Wednesday night at the state prison here, two decades after his conviction for the murder of a Savannah police officer.
 The execution of Mr. Davis, 42, by lethal injection, came after the United States Supreme Court refused to step in, issuing a one-sentence decision four hours after the execution was scheduled to begin.
Mr. Davis’s lawyers had asked the court to examine what they said were “substantial constitutional errors” in the murder trial. /NEW YORK TIMES

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