US man denied clemency 1 day before execution

Georgia’s board of pardons rejected a last-ditch clemency bid from Troy Davis on Tuesday, a day before his scheduled execution, despite support from figures including an ex-president and a former FBI director for the claim that he was wrongly convicted of killing a police officer in 1989.

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US man denied clemency 1 day before execution

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