This week, will Troy Davis finally get justice?

This week, Georgia death row inmate Troy Davis might finally get a chance to prove his innocence. This is in compliance with a U.S. Supreme Court's order from last August that some new evidence be reviewed in federal court.

Prior to the Supreme Court's intervention, Georgia was ready to risk the possibility of executing an innocent person. There is no justice in that. Hopefully we will witness some real justice this week.

The hearing is scheduled to begin on Wednesday, June 23, in Savannah, and could last one day, two days, three days, or more.

Stay tuned for updates.

Background:

Troy Davis has been sitting on Georgia's death row since 1991 for the murder of a police officer which he maintains he did not commit.

Davis's original trial was flawed, and most of the witnesses have since recanted or contradicted their stories. There is no physical evidence linking him 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 is no excuse to execute someone when there's reasonable doubt as to his guilt.

Unfortunately, the Georgia officials didn't want to be bothered with having to review the new evidence that could prove Davis's innocence. They just wanted to kill him and get the whole case out of the way.

Fortunately, the Supreme Court had a different opinion, and ordered that the evidence be reviewed in federal court. Hopefully that will be done right this week.

>> Read more background on the case from Amnesty International USA.

>> Read about a Father's Day visit with Davis and his family.