Judge signs order to execute Troy Davis | Atlanta News & Opinion Blog | Fresh Loaf | Creative Loafing Atlanta

Judge signs order to execute Troy Davis | Atlanta News & Opinion Blog | Fresh Loaf | Creative Loafing Atlanta Seven of the nine eyewitnesses later recanted their testimony. Efforts to win Davis another chance to present his case have been unsuccessful. In addition to human rights organizations and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, notables including former President Jimmy Carter and Pope Benedict XVI have asked the state to spare Davis' life.