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  • A day later, the state of Georgia executed Troy Davis, a black man accused of killing a white police officer more than 20 years ago, despite what GOP Rep. Bob Barr called the conviction's reliance on "the skimpiest of evidence," and, in the words of former FBI director William Sessions, "pervasive, persistent doubts" about Davis' guilt.

    Arianna Huffington: Sunday Roundup Arianna Huffington 2011

  • A day later, the state of Georgia executed Troy Davis, a black man accused of killing a white police officer more than 20 years ago, despite what GOP Rep. Bob Barr called the conviction's reliance on "the skimpiest of evidence," and, in the words of former FBI director William Sessions, "pervasive, persistent doubts" about Davis' guilt.

    Arianna Huffington: Sunday Roundup Arianna Huffington 2011

  • A day later, the state of Georgia executed Troy Davis, a black man accused of killing a white police officer more than 20 years ago, despite what GOP Rep. Bob Barr called the conviction's reliance on "the skimpiest of evidence," and, in the words of former FBI director William Sessions, "pervasive, persistent doubts" about Davis' guilt.

    Arianna Huffington: Sunday Roundup Arianna Huffington 2011

  • A day later, the state of Georgia executed Troy Davis, a black man accused of killing a white police officer more than 20 years ago, despite what GOP Rep. Bob Barr called the conviction's reliance on "the skimpiest of evidence," and, in the words of former FBI director William Sessions, "pervasive, persistent doubts" about Davis' guilt.

    Arianna Huffington: Sunday Roundup Arianna Huffington 2011

  • A day later, the state of Georgia executed Troy Davis, a black man accused of killing a white police officer more than 20 years ago, despite what GOP Rep. Bob Barr called the conviction's reliance on "the skimpiest of evidence," and, in the words of former FBI director William Sessions, "pervasive, persistent doubts" about Davis' guilt.

    Arianna Huffington: Sunday Roundup Arianna Huffington 2011

  • I think -- conviction's going to be hard, but I think there's enough there to -- that warrant's go forward.

    CNN Transcript Oct 27, 2005 2005

  • "Well, even if your conviction's just, that still doesn't tell me into which of my very empty pockets it will be of the least use for me to fumble."

    The Outcry Henry James 1879

  • The court's finding - that the investigative methods used jeopardized Anatoly Bykov's right to a fair trial - will have implications for law enforcement agencies beyond Russia. it was the conviction's dependence on the use of a wire that was its undoing in Strasbourg.

    Clipmarks | Live Clips 2009

  • His conviction's first test will come on Saturday when Chelsea tackle second-tier Watford for a place in the FA Cup quarter-finals.

    unknown title 2009

  • Blagojevich acknowledges his conviction's certain, yet he refuses to resign.

    KHQA - Local News 2009

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