Supreme Court decision on Troy Davis expected soon

On Friday, October 10th, the U.S. Supreme Court was scheduled to hold a private conference in which the justices were expected to consider whether or not they will hear Troy Davis's appeal in his death penalty case. I'm assuming that this has happened, since I have not heard otherwise.

The Court's orders from Friday's session are expected to be released today (October 14).

As soon as I hear of any news in this case, I will post it here, so stay tuned.

For those of you unfamiliar with the case, here is a summary:

Troy Davis sits on Georgia's death row despite compelling evidence of his innocence.

Davis's trial was flawed, and most of the prosecution's witnesses have since recanted or contradicted their stories. There is no physical evidence linking Davis to the crime, and his conviction was based solely on that questionable testimony by witnesses. In other words, there is reasonable doubt as to Davis's guilt. And there's no excuse to execute someone when there's reasonable doubt as to his guilt.

But, if the Supremes decide not to take the case, Georgia will likely execute him anyway as soon as possible. (He was scheduled to be executed in September, but the Supremes stepped in some two hours before Georgia was going to strap him to the gurney.)

There is a very good legal analysis of the current state of this case on the website of the Death Penalty Information Center. Check it out: Questions Before the U.S. Supreme Court in the Troy Davis Case