DEL.ICIO.USEU protests scheduled Troy Davis execution
The Associated Press
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
STRASBOURG, France — The European parliament is strongly protesting plans to execute a man in the United States who has been sentenced to death for killing a police officer.
Troy Davis is scheduled to be executed in Georgia on Oct. 27, despite calls from his supporters to reconsider because seven of nine key witnesses against him have recanted their testimony.
• Worldwide rallies protest impending execution
• Davis' lawyers pursue new legal appeal
• EU protests Georgia execution
• Execution date set for Troy Davis
• Supreme Court allows Troy Davis execution
• Carter, Barr seek clemency for Troy Davis
• Parole board says it won't reconsider execution
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Opinion:
• Cynthia Tucker: He may be innocent
AJC Special Report
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EU parliament head Hans-Gert Poettering says all executions are violations of human rights. He says the condemned American symbolizes the fate of all death row inmates, and vows the EU legislature “will fight against the death penalty under any circumstances everywhere in the world.”
The 40-year-old Davis was sentenced to death for the 1989 murder of 27-year-old Savannah police officer Mark MacPhail. His case has also attracted support from former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and South Africa Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
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