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 behind his truck. then cleve foster in alabama and duane buck in texas, both spared execution in the past week when the supreme court stepped in. for davis, the campaign ran into the final hours. davis had high profile list of supporters, including big boi of the group outkast. and quest love of the roots. also, backing his clemency request were former president jimmy carter and the pope. it s hard to believe that many witnesses came forward and
his death sentence was unfair because of a racial comment made during his sentencing. lawyers for the inmate are now requesting a new sentencing hearing. who would democrats rather see on the republican ticket? rick perry or mitt romney? former president jimmy carter weighed in on that question and so will our panel coming up in about five minutes. stick around for that. winning. he s back. just when you thought you had seen everything from charlie sheen, there s a bit more. the controversial actor says he s a changed man and he s trying to make amends after a rough year personally and professionally and he talked about it all with nbc s matt lauer including a roast on comedy central. they said prepare yourself. i said it s just words. it s just words. i m sitting there and it was not just words. despite all those years of abusing your lungs, kidneys, liver, the only thing you had removed is your kids. they were very biting and very
inorganic is toxic. we don t know from the samples which it was. reporter: abc news health and medical editor, dr. richard besser confronted dr. mehmet oz on good morning america. this fear mongering reminds me of yelling fire in a movie theater. i am very annoyed about this. i am not fear mongering, we did our home work, spent a lot of time making sure we got our numbers right. how can you go on the air and publish arsenic ruts without breaking it down into total, inorganic and organic? i disagree, rich, we looked at total arsenic levels. that s what the fda looks at. in addition your assumption that organic arsenic is safe is not true. the fda did send a letter to the oz show five days before the program warning them it would be irresponsible to air it. t.j. winick, abc news, new york. what is so fascinating the two know each other. they went to medical school together. they are both accomplished doctors.
rivals ammunition against him. a huge swarm of tens of thousands of bees go on the attack twice on week out west. the u.s. supreme court issued a stave execution thursday night for a texas death row inmate. duane buck had eaten what he thought was his last meal. he was scheduled to be put to death for the 1995 murder of his former girlfriend and her male companion. his guilt is not in question, but his death sentencing hearing was racially painted. joining us now is pete williamson. how rare is this decision that we saw come down from the supreme court. the hearing was tainted because of a psychology that tomorrowed whether somebody would be a danger in the future is their race and what the defense
human remains. reporter: this week s discovery comes 30 miles from where susan s husband, josh powell, told police he took their children camping overnight in a snowstorm the night susan vanished. while josh has denied any involvement in his wife s disappearance, police say he won t cooperate with investigators and remains the only person of interest. it s taken them a while to move away from ground zero which was the house she disappeared from and to move out into the desert now in an area where they know he has traveled. reporter: detectives say susan s case has never gone cold but there was a lack of known activity for nearly a year but in recent years there s been a flurry of new developments following leads in nevada police scoured mine shafts for new clues and last month susan s father in law said she may have run off with another man claiming the missing mom even