“When Troy Davis was asked if he had anything to say #troydavis raised his head, looked at the MacPhail family and said,”I am sorry for your loss.”Davis was a poor black man who happen to be at the wrong place at the wrong time of the officer death, so to rebuild that state’s reputation and the confidence of the supreme court, we need to make sure this is the last innocent man put to death in Georgia. Troy Davis was 42 years old and we have to wonder, had he been white would he had gotten off? ‘May God have Mercy on the state of Georgia, Robert Keller who convicted Calvin Johnson 16 years ago freed by DNA now the death of Troy Davis and especially Gov. Nathan Deal who had a chance to stop this execution but did nothing.
1:08 Davis pronounced dead.
10:57 State Attorney Generals office notifies MacPhail’s mother Anneliese “[Davis] is on the gurney, the needle is in.”
10:52 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. http://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/092111.zr.pdf
10:31 About 150 remaining Davis supporters were still in prayer outside the state Capitol 10 minutes after hearing the stay had been denied.
10:27 “I’d like to have some peace now that it’s over,” Anneliese MacPhail mother of murdered officer Mark Allen MacPhail to CNN.
10:18 Davis’ attorneys say the U.S. Supreme Court has denied the stay.
8:10 Amnesty International representative tells Davis supporters outside state Capitol they are expecting an update from the U.S. Supreme Court at 8:30.
7:40 MacPhail’s mother Anneliese, surrounded by friends and relatives at her home, was leafing through photos of her son, and in her words “smoking like a steam engine” as she awaited word on whether the execution would proceed tonight.
7:21 Sara Totonchi of the Southern Center for Human Rights confirms the prison has temporarily delayed the execution while awaiting word from the U.S. Supreme Court on whether they can proceed with the execution tonight. Troy’s case has brought international attention to deep, long-existing flaws in our criminal justice system
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