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Son, had said that he did not want the death penalty carried out against his fathers murderer. last night troy daviss alleged victims family said they did want him executed for the death of officer mark macphail in georgia. do the wishes of victims families i guess inflect in any way your feeling about having participated in executions or generally the way that staff do this, the way they feel about it, do you think? >> no. i think the victims feelings should be taken into account. and in every ...

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...

He said to the mcfail family again that he was not the one responsible for what -- he was not personally responsible for what happened has night. he said that he did not have a gun. he said that he was not the one who took their son, father, brother. and he said he was innocent. and that was to the end. he lifted his head up. he was strapped to the gurney when we walked. in and when the warden asked if he had to make a statement, he lifted his head up and looked directly at the front row where t...

About that threat publicly perhaps would make her more safe. so here we are 22 years later, questions, people being threatened. former head of the fbi coming forward saying theres too much doubt. former warden of this prison coming forward saying theres too much doubt, this is not your usual case. our heart goes out to the macphail family. we want them to have closure and peace and want there to be justice. justice must be precise. >> i know this case has been important to you, personally, as we...

Mcfail. >> beg your pardon? >> [ inaudible ] >> he was saying he was innocent. he said to the mcfail family again that he was not the one responsible for what -- he was not personally responsible for what happened has night. he said that he did not have a gun. he said that he was not the one who took their son, father, brother. and he said he was innocent. and that was to the end. he lifted his head up. he was strapped to the gurney when we walked. in and when the warden asked if he had to make ...

Supreme court had rejected his final appeal. >> [ inaudible ] >> his brother named william and-mark mcfail jr. >> no. mark mcfail leaned forward through the whole process and his uncle, william mcfail sat back. neither seemed to move at all. >> they spent the entire time just staring at troy davis, never turned their heads, never did anything but stare ahead. then when it was over, as they were leaving they hugged somebody and they seemed to smile about it. so the mcfail family, at least, they s...

>> in terms of the victims family here, the relatives of officer macphail say the efforts to cast troy davis as a victim of a miscarriage of justice here are not only not things they agree with but that they feel like they have been victimized by the length of time it has taken to resolve this case and that they feel hurt by the continued prodistations of the guilt when they feel like hes been convicted. how does that make you feel about the advocacy for troy davis and movement to support him wh...

Substantially for many of those gathered outside that prison, about troy davis, the man, about whether he is the man that killed officer mark macphail. sentencing him for death for the broader attention to this case, it is in the larger sense a question about the death penalty. one detail that i would draw your attention to is the means by which troy davis is being killed right now in the state of georgia. the state of georgia, like other a lethal injection states used to rely on a drug cocktail...

Department of corrections cordoned off protesters. right inside is the family of troy davis. i saw a couple of his sisters and also his nephew. and speaking to them throughout, in the days leading up to this execution, theyve been saying, look, this is not just justice for troy davis but they believe because theres another man, they believe another man committed this crime. they believe that in seeking justice for troy davis they believe that they would be giving justice to the family of officer...

Troy anthony davis, who was pronounced dead tonight at 11:08 eastern time in the death chamber at the jackson, georgia facility. defiant was the word that was used to describe him. a somber mood, obviously in the chamber as reported by john 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 mcfail family that he did not have a gun and he was not responsible for the death of officer mcfail...