First things first: When I was a justice on the Georgia Supreme Court and the Troy Davis case came before me, I dissented from the Court’s refusal to grant him a new hearing.
With that said, I was disappointed by the effort of some members of the press who covered the case to vilify those who did not doubt Davis’ guilt or that he had received a fair trial. It seemed to me that too many reporters were more intent on using the case to further enhance their negative image of “southern justice” and further debate the pros and cons of the death penalty than in unmasking the complexities of the case itself.
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