No execution stay in police killing
A judge in Savannah has denied a bid to halt the execution this week of Troy Anthony Davis, refusing to hear evidence the defense says would show he is innocent and identify the killer.
Defense attorneys said they would appeal to the Georgia Supreme Court. Davis, 38, is to die by injection at 7 p.m. Tuesday for the 1989 killing of Savannah police officer Mark MacPhail, who was shot while working at a second job as a security guard.
Davis’ lawyers are seeking a new trial based on affidavits by witnesses from Davis’ 1991 trial who say they lied or exaggerated when they testified.
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