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U.S. Supreme Court Does Not Block Execution of Troy Davis
The United States Supreme Court rejected a last-ditch request to step in late Wednesday to stay the Georgia execution of Troy Davis, who was convicted of gunning down a Savannah police officer 22 years ago, after Mr. Davis filed an eleventh-hour plea Wednesday with the high court.
It took the court more than four hours to issue its one-sentence order, an unusually long time in such cases.
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