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I cant see the justification. and if were just reaping vengeance for somebody, i dont see the justification in that, either. i have talked to a lot of families of victims who didnt feel fulfilled after the executions took place. i cant speak for all the families of victims, but i know ive talked to many. >> dr. allan ault and rachel maddow, thank you for staying with us. coming up next, barry scheck of the innocence project and ari melber of the nation. our coverage of the execution of troy anth...

>> dr. allan ault and rachel maddow, thank you for staying with us. coming up next, barry scheck of the innocence project and ari melber of the nation. our coverage of the execution of troy anthony davis continues here on nsnbc. stay with us. [ mendes ] you know when somethings bad -- but you do it anyway?

>> the last person, executed, claude jones, we went back and found hair that was key legal evidence in the case post execution on that and showed it wasnt here. >> these are very troubling cases. >> barry scheck, i appreciate your time tonight. ary melbar, nationwide magazine, thanks very much. our coverage of the execution of troy davis continues. [ junior ] i played professional basketball for 12 years. today i own 165 wendys restaurants. and i get my financing from ge capital. but i also get ...

>> the last person, executed, claude jones, we went back and found hair that was key legal evidence in the case post execution on that and showed it wasnt here. >> these are very troubling cases. >> barry scheck, i appreciate your time tonight. ary melbar, nationwide magazine, thanks very much.

Post-conviction exonerations were people who were african-americans. so that all fits in to the real questions we have to continue to press about how this system works in the united states. >> i am so troubled tonight by the fact that there was a woman that spoke with ben jealous who said that she had been told that her life was threatened and that she had to move and that she had been told by someone who said he was the killer, and yet there was no one in the system that could take that informa...

some jurors have publicly changed their minds about his guilt. others claim a man who was with davis that night told people he is the actual gunman. joining us, coming up, will be rachel maddow, ben jealous, jeremy 68 hiskahil, barry schec. what is it like out there now? >> the atmosphere is very thick with tension. a lot of anticipation. i just spoke with a spokeswoman from the department of corrections here in georgia. she says theyre more than midway through the execution at this po...

seven of the nine witnesses against him have reportedly recantedheir testimony. some jurors have publicly changed their minds about his guilt. others claim a man who was with the davis that might told people he is the actual command. join us coming up will be rachel matt blow, been jealous, and jeremy skaalen and barry scheck allen alt. for the latest, we are joined outside the prison in jackson, georgia. what is it like out there tonight? >> the atmosphere right now is very thick. a l...

what is it like out there now? >> the atmosphere is very thick with tension. a lot of anticipation. i just spoke with a spokeswoman from the department of corrections here in georgia. she says theyre more than midway through the execution at this point. she believes within ten minutes shell get some word of the official details of this execution. this execution has already begun. before she mentioned it would take 20 to 30 minutes, in the previous hour to get everybody in place for thi...

execution and put the whole thing on hold while they ask the supreme court to take up an appeal of his case. about a half an hour after that request was made, lawyers for the state said there was no need to grant a stay of execution, there was no need for the supreme court to take up the case, the issues had all been thoroughly litigated and his lawyers were basically coming in too late. now, thats all weve heard from -- weve got no indication from the supreme court what its going to d...

conviction for the murder of a police officer. but advocates say his guilt has been seriously challenged. ben jealous of the naacp is standing by and will join us later in this broadcast. joining me now is nbc news justice correspondent, pete williams. pete, what is the latest? where are we at this hour? >> we have five hours since the lawyers for troy davis asked the supreme court to grant a stay of execution and put the whole thing on hold while they ask the supreme court to take up ...