Full text (PDF) of the unanimous United States Supreme Court decision denying convicted cop-killer Troy Davis a stay of execution.

(Order List: 564 U.S.)

Wednesday, September 21, 2001
Order in Pending Case

11A317 Davis, Anthony Troy  v. Humphrey, Warden

The application for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice Thomas and by him referred to the Court is denied.

Justice Thomas is Associated Justice Clarence Thomas, who is responsible for the 11th Circuit, of which Georgia is a part. He referred the case to the full court, which produced no dissenting opinion. Davis was executed and pronounced dead at 11:08pm local on September 21, 2011.