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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10456
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (ae) eu/united states

Ashton calls for Troy Davis not to be executed

Brussels, 20/09/2011 (Agence Europe) - The EU high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, Catherine Ashton, has called on the United States to commute the sentence of execution upon Troy Davis, who is to be executed on Wednesday 21 September. Troy Davis, a black American aged 42, was sentenced to death in the state of Georgia for killing a white policeman in 1989. The EU has followed this case “with great concern”, said Ashton, pointing out that “serious and compelling...

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