Davis death penalty hearing order [US SC]

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Davis death penalty hearing order [US SC]

August 17, 2009 05:44:00 pm

In re: Troy Anthony Davis, US Supreme Court, August 17, 2009 [ordering a federal court in Georgia to reconsider the case of death row inmate Troy Anthony Davis].

Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on the death penalty.

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University of Alabama desegregated after governor ends blockade

On June 11, 1963, the University of Alabama desegregated when Governor George Wallace, facing Alabama National Guard troops federalized by President Kennedy, ended his blockade of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa and allowed two African-American students to enroll.

Read the text of President Kennedy's Civil Rights speech, delivered on this day.