USA: Clock ticks on Troy Davis execution

16 September 2011 Troy Davis, who was sentenced to death in 1991 for the murder of a police officer, is due to have a clemency hearing on Monday. A US man facing the death penalty is set to have a clemency hearing on Monday, 19 September, which could decide his fate.If clemency is rejected, Troy Davis, who was sentenced to death in 1991 for the murder of police officer Mark Allen MacPhail in Savannah, Georgia, is due to be executed two days later on 21 September.“Monday’s hearing gives Georgia’s Board of Pardons and Paroles the opportunity finally to grant clemency in this case,” said…

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