William Theodore Moore Jr.

For other people named William Moore, see William Moore (disambiguation).

William Theodore Moore Jr.
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia
In office February 28, 2017 –March 31, 2024

In August 2010, Moore ruled on the prominent Troy Davis case. Davis was a Georgia inmate on death row, accused and convicted of murdering a police officer in 1989. Davis's guilt has been questioned, due to the release of new information, including the complete or partial recantation of the testimonies of seven (out of nine total) prosecution witnesses. In his ruling, Moore stated that Davis and his legal team had failed to demonstrate his innocence, as the added information was "largely smoke and mirrors" and added only "minimal doubt"; Moore dismissed four recantations as not credible, and two of them as only partly credible, finding that only one was wholly credible. He did not consider the alleged confessions of Redd Cole, another suspect in the case, because of the failure of Davis's lawyers to subpoena Cole and give him opportunity for rebuttal, and suggested that Davis should appeal directly to the Supreme Court. Davis was executed by lethal injection on September 21, 2011.

References

1. Confirmation hearings on federal appointments : hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, first session on confirmations of appointees to the federal judiciary. pt. 6 (1995)
2. William Theodore Moore Jr. at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges , a publication of the Federal Judicial Center .

Sources

• William Theodore Moore Jr. at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges , a publication of the Federal Judicial Center .

Legal offices
Preceded by Anthony Alaimo	Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia 1994–2017	Succeeded by R. Stan Baker
Preceded by Dudley Hollingsworth Bowen Jr.	Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia 2004–2010	Succeeded by Lisa Godbey Wood