Legal experts argued that a major obstacle to granting Davis a new trial was the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 , passed after the Oklahoma City bombing , which bars death row inmates from later presenting evidence they could have presented at trial . Members of the legal community have criticized the restricting effect of the 1996 Act on the ability of wrongfully convicted persons to prove their innocence
Oklahoma City bombing
Oklahoma City bombing
Troy Davis