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This article is titled 'Troy Davis' but it reads like a mashup between a biography of Troy Davis and an overview of his criminal case. I can't quite figure out what exactly this article is about, because it deals 95% to do with his criminal case, and 5% about his life, which is squished into one
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The quote from the court calling the case for Davis's innocence "smoke and mirrors" seems biased to me. While it may be true that the court stated that, does it belong in the opening of the article? I intend to move it elsewhere in the article further down.
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Davis's case gained increasing public exposure and support from organizations and prominent individuals. Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu urged the courts to agree to hear the evidence...
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