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Really find the truth. for those about to take my life, may god have mercy on your souls, may god bless not personally kill your son, father and brother. i am innocent. >> you have then to an execution before. how, if at all, was this a different? >> there was was tight security, but prison folks here are professionals and have done this before. it went pretty much as planned. i have the execution started at around 10:53. he was declared dead at 11:08.

Thank you. >> members of the georgia media, eyewitness to an execution of troy anthony davis who was pronounced dead tonight at 11:08 eastern time in the death chamber of the jackson, georgia facility. defiant was the word used to describe him. a somber mood, obviously in the chamber, as reported by jon lewis from wsb radio in georgia. and talking to his friends and family, a message for them to dig deeper and find the truth about what happened and telling the macphail family he did not have a g...

>> that i dont know. i dont believe he did have a last meal. i dont believe he made a final statement when he was going to be given the opportunity to record one. but he did make the statement as we said while he was strapped to the chair -- strapped to the gurney and again addressed directly to the mcfail family first to let them know he said that he was innocent. >> he did not eat his dinner. and he did not take the atavan. >>. [ inaudible ] >> did he actively participate in a prayer? i know t...

The studio to do these shows tonight. and i feel like were where we were in 08. i hope its a stay. the only thing we dont know is whether or not this is going to be an official reprieve or a stay, as we were just told by pete, we dont know until they find all of the justices and see if five vote for a stay. clearly theres enough, in my judgment, for them to at least wait and hear what the appeal is going to be judging on these merits. >> were hearing that three members of the officer who was kil...

Last meal and i dont think he made a final statement when given the opportunity to record one. he did make the statement when strapped to the gurney, again, addressed directly to the macphail family first to let them know he was innocent. >> he did not eat his dinner and did not take the ativan. >> did he participate in a prayer? >> he was offered but he did not. they started the execution. he blinked rapidly for some period of time, and then he went out. they checked him for consciousness, the ...

But he did make the statement, as we said, while he was strapped to the chair -- strapped to the gurney. and again, addressed directly to the macphail family first. to let them know he was innocent. >> he did not eat his dinner. and he did not take the adavan. >> did he actively participate in a prayer? i know that is something they offer. >> he was offered, but he did not. then they started the execution. he blinked rapidly for some period of time. and then, he went out. then they checked him f...

He was declared dead at 11:08. >> how did he look? was he talking in a loud voice? quiet voice? >> he was talking very quickly. as my colleagues have said, he was defiant until the very end, maintaining his innocence until the very end. he spoke quickly and looked at one of his attorneys sitting on the second row, appeared to glance at the attorney, who nodded at him. mark macphail was sitting in the front row and mark was looking at mr. davis the entire time, it seems. once he was declared dead...

Former president jimmy carter, pope benedict, and former fbi director william sessions. davis had his execution stayed four times over the course of his 20 years on death row. in the end he was unable to convince the courts of his innocence. he was put to death at 11:08 p.m. eastern time last night. lawrence russell brewer was executed in texas last night for what is considered one of the worst hate crime murders in american history. brewer was convicted of kidnapping and killing james byrd jr...

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Around the clinton administration, we have seen the innocence project and others -- >> i have to interrupt. lets take to the sign about now. >> the corner it will be coming out very shortly. it will be a black man. media will move up to get video of that jam. well have people who are at the execution who may come out to do interviews. we will wait for them to come out and will be in the same area if they do choose to do interviews. the time of death is 11:08. >> at 11:08, the execution of troy i...