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Hes been on death row for two decades for a murder he says he did not commit. >> that is. >> that is. >> my name. >> my name. >> reporter: that wouldnt be unusual, except 7 of the 9 witnesses who helped convict him agree. all seven say he was not the man who gunned down off-duty police officer mark macphail. in 1989. six say police threatened them if they did not identify davis. supporters who note there was no physical evidence linking davis to the murder called for a last-minute reprieve. >> t...

Tuesday when the georgia pardons and parole board rejected his clemency bid. then the u.s. supreme court also allowed the date to pass without granting a stay. >> i have been through hell. especially the last couple years, when everything was kind of building up and we had to go to court again and again. so, i need some peace. >> reporter: davis is the latest in a series of executions some of which have raised serious questions. lawrence russell brewer was also executed for dragging a black man ...

were talking about on wealthy americans. some of the taxes we have talked about before, limiting those itemized deductions that the wealthy take. closing loopholes on hedge fund managers, oil and gas companies, corporate jet owners and also letting the bush era tax cuts for the wealthiest americans expire when they are set to. also a little more than $1 trillion in war savings. of course, we do know that the wars in afghanistan and iraq are already going to be winding down. and thats s...