A new report issued by Amnesty International focus­es on the case of Georgia death row inmate Troy Davis to illus­trate the issue of inno­cence and the legal hur­dles that death row inmates face in seek­ing judi­cial relief. The report — ​‘Where is the jus­tice for me?’ The case of Troy Davis, Facing Execution in Georgia — notes that Davis has been on death row for 15 years for a mur­der that he main­tains he did not com­mit. Many of the state’s wit­ness­es against Davis have since recant­ed or con­tra­dict­ed their tes­ti­mo­ny, and some have claimed that state­ments were made under police duress.

Given the bar­ri­ers to a new tri­al caused by the Anti-ter­ror­ism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, Amnesty states that Davis’ last hope may be the clemency process. 

(Amnesty International, “ ​‘Where is the jus­tice for me?’ The case of Troy Davis, fac­ing exe­cu­tion in Georgia,” February 2007). Read the report. See Innocence and Resources.

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