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Georgia prison officials: No polygraph test for Troy Davis

By Richard Fausset
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Troy Davis, the Georgia man facing execution Wednesday evening, has been dealt another setback: Georgia state prison officials have denied his request to take a polygraph test, according to the Associated Press.

Attorneys had hoped that the polygraph test would convince the board to reconsider its decision to deny him clemency, the report said.

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Davis, 42, is scheduled to be executed at 7 p.m. EDT Wednesday at a state prison in Jackson, Ga.

Earlier Wednesday, the state parole board denied a request by Davis’ lawyers to reconsider the board’s decision not to grant him clemency.

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-- Richard Fausset in Atlanta

Erik S. Lesser / Agence France-Presse

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Richard Fausset

Former Mexico City correspondent Richard Fausset left the Los Angeles Times in 2014. He has been a community news reporter on the Westside and in South Los Angeles, a Metro section reporter covering crime, politics and features, and a national correspondent based in Atlanta. Before joining The Times in 1999, he was editor of Flagpole, the weekly newspaper in Athens, Ga. Fausset holds degrees from the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Missouri School of Journalism.

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