Lawyers seek stay of execution Killer had recanted confession; prosecutors stand by conviction 05/07/2002 By ED TIMMS / The Dallas Morning News There's no dispute that Brian Edward Davis confessed to fatally stabbing Michael Alan Foster. He later recanted, saying that he had wanted to spare his wife from the death penalty. Several years after Mr. Davis was convicted and sentenced to death, Tina McDonald, his wife until their divorce in 1996, confessed that she alone was responsible. Then she, too, recanted. Mr. Davis, 33, is scheduled to be executed Tuesday evening. His attorneys were unable to persuade the...