Bids for spare Troy Davis US Supreme Court head. A last-breath bid to stay the execution of high profile U.S. row inmate Troy Davis denied Wednesday, but his lawyers appealed to the US Supreme Court.
"The application can actually cause the appeal was rejected. Motion for stay of execution was rejected, "read the unanimous decision of the Supreme Court in Georgia. Davis said lawyer Brian Kammer, less than 90 minutes before the scheduled execution, he took it to US Supreme Court.
For the second time in a week, U. S. Supreme Court temporarily stayed the execution in Texas.
Cleve Foster, a former Army recruiter, is scheduled to die tonight for the 2002 rape and murder of 28-year-Nyanuer Pal, Fort Worth. Foster is a co-defendant died in prison last year.
This is the third time the high court to stop the execution Foster. These attorneys argued he received ineffective counsel during the trial and previous appeals.
'All back to the claim that trial counsel failed to raise issues about Cleve's innocence, especially expert evidence which undermined the heart of the state cases, "said Maurie Levin, an attorney Foster.
Levin said the temporary stay came as the Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments in another case that raises a similar question Foster.
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