Early Day Motion·EDM 2417
DEATH SENTENCE ON TROY ANTHONY DAVIS (No. 2)
4 November 200830 Signatures
Primary sponsor
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Liberal Democrat — Orkney and Shetland
Motion Text
That this House welcomes the decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, delivered on 24th October 2008, to issue a 25 day stay of execution for Troy Davis; notes with concern that Mr Davis' case has now appeared before 29 judges in seven types of review; further notes this is the third time in 16 months that a stay of execution has now been ordered in the case; and calls upon the Georgia Supreme Court to allow Troy Davis a new hearing.