Troy Davis willing to take polygraph test

Troy Anthony Davis is willing to take a polygraph test before he is scheduled to be executed Wednesday night to show he is not a cop killer, his lawyer said late Tuesday evening.
"Mr. Davis believes he is innocent and he wants to show it," Stephen Marsh, one of Davis' lawyers, said. "We hope he'll be allowed this opportunity."
Davis, who has always maintained his innocence, sits on death row for the 1989 murder of off-duty Savannah Police Officer Mark Allen MacPhail. The state Board of Pardons and Paroles denied him clemency early Tuesday. He is set to be put to death by lethal injection at 7 p.m.
Marsh said Davis' legal team has yet to be cleared by the Department of Corrections to have the test administered Wednesday, but he said Davis' lawyers will show up at the state prison in Jackson with a polygraph examiner in the morning.
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Davis also wants some assurance from the parole board that it will take his test into consideration, Marsh said.
"He's not going to spend three hours away from his family on what could be the last day of his life if this does not make any difference," the Washington attorney said.
"We're obviously very disappointed with the board's decision," Marsh added. "We also know there is the question of reliability of polygraph tests, especially under these circumstances. They are not always helpful in proving someone's guilt, but they may have value in showing whether someone is innocent. We hope the Department of Corrections will allow it and that the parole board will take it into consideration."

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