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me by telephone tonight. mr. scheck, your response tonight news tonight that the united states supreme court has denied the stay of execution of troy anthony davis? well, it s a very tragic day for our country. i think it s now clear to everyone in america that our capital justice system is broken. you know, boards of pardon and parole are supposed to act as a safety valve for the system. as a very famous case, herrera, out of the united states supreme court, where scalia and thomas in their dissent saying that there was no need to recognize actual innocence as a federal constitutional claim. they said, you don t have to worry about it, because we ve these clemency boards that will act as a safety valve. the governors at the last minute will act as a safety valve, and those cases where there s real and substantial doubt that we might be executing an innocent person. that did not happen in this case. and it s really tragic, because,

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