RESPONSE TO UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ALSTON: TROY

UNCLAS STATE 105486


E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM
SUBJECT: RESPONSE TO UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ALSTON: TROY
ANTHONY DAVIS


1. (U) Mission is requested to convey to the UN Special
Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions
the current situation of the case of Troy Anthony Davis.
This is in response to Mr. Alston,s letter of September 12
concerning the pending and subsequently stayed execution of
Mr. Davis on September 23.


2. (U) BEGIN TEXT OF LETTER:

Mr. Philip Alston
Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary
Executions
Geneva, Switzerland

Dear Mr. Alston:

We are in receipt of your letter or September 12 regarding
the pending execution of Troy Anthony Davis. Mr. Davis was
sentenced to death in 1991 for the August 1989 killing of
security officer Mark Allen McPhail in Savannah, Georgia. We
have passed along your letter to the offices of Georgia
Attorney General Thurbert E. Baker and Governor Sonny Perdue
for information regarding the steps taken to comply with the
State Party,s relevant obligations under international law.

As you may be aware, on September 23, prior to Mr. Davis,
scheduled execution, the U.S. Supreme Court granted Mr.
Davis, application for a stay of execution. The Court is
now considering whether to grant Mr. Davis, petition for a
writ of certiorari. The stay order issued by the Court
states: "Should the petition for a writ of certiorari be
denied, this stay shall terminate automatically. In the
event the petition for a writ of certiorari is granted, the
stay shall terminate upon the issuance of the mandate of this
Court."

We thank you for your letter. Please be assured we will pay
utmost attention to this case.

END TEXT


3. (U) Department appreciates Mission,s assistance with
this matter.
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