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Involved with this case about four or five years ago. i met troy davis sister, martina kraya, and i spoke on a panel with her about wars at broad and wars at home, and i just spending an hour with her and her breaking down the case about her brother, i as a journalist, but also as an american, couldnt believe what i was hearing, and started looking at it myself, and ive come to the conclusion that troy davis is guilty of no crime and he was innocent of the charges against him. that he did not ki...

And the family was over visiting the guard leaned in and said, please hold it together for the sake of us. because were all sitting here trying to hold it together. the guard talked about how his mom was praying for troy davis and for justice to be done here. these guards are human, too. and the fact that he would look at them in the eye and say, you know, may god have mercy on you for what you have to do, may god bless your souls, speaks to the strong spiritual conviction that he has. and we sh...

And the family was over visiting the guard leaned in and said, please hold it together for the sake of us. because were all sitting here trying to hold it together. the guard talked about how his mom was praying for troy davis and for justice to be done here. these guards are human, too. and the fact that he would look at them in the eye and say, you know, may god have mercy on you for what you have to do, may god bless your souls, speaks to the strong spiritual conviction that he has. and we sh...

They have said that they will be witnessing this execution. from there, the execution will take place, and she says after its taken place, theyll come over here, which is an area of the diagnostic prison here in jackson, georgia. theyll give us a confirmation that the execution has taken place. the witnesses, the media witnesses and then if the macphail family, the witnesses on that behalf of family, will come forward and make any statements, if they choose. so the timing right now, they believe...

Number two in george bushs own doj come forward. thats why weve seen the former ward of this death row come forward and all call for a stay. and my heart right now goes out. it goes out to the macphail family who lost a hero 22 years ago. it goes out to the davis family who is sitting here, feeling helpless as their loved with one is murdered inside those prison walls. and it goes out, really, to the children of this country, who deserve to grow up in a country knowing that justice is done here....

What is it like out there tonight? >> the atmosphere right now is very thick. a lot of anticipation enter spoke with a spokeswoman for the department of corrections here in georgia, and she says they are more than midway through the execution. she believes that within ten minutes she will get some word of the official details of this execution, but this execution has already begun. now we understand that the execution has already gone through the process and are just waiting for confirmation of ...

The life of troy davis to be spared, but inside that execution chamber, obviously, you have the macphail family. theyve been trying to get what they call justice, and they point out that throughout this whole process, they havent been crying for blood. theyre not blood-thirsty. they say theyve been thirsty for justice, ed. >> nbc news correspondent thanh truong with us tonight on the scene in jackson, georgia. lets bring in now ben jealous, president of the naacp. ben, your reaction to the news ...

When the former warden at this prison says stop. when right wing congressman bob barr, former prosecutor for georgia says stop. and so many others. that yet we just push on blindly, not knowing amid so much doubt whether were doing the right thing or not. and it is terrifying. all we had to do was to see this sentence commute today life without the possibility of parole. and the family would know that -- one family would know that things could be reversed, the truth finally was -- we finally got...

There are people who woke up this morning knowing that they supported the death penalty who have to be questioning, questioning how can i support it when the instrument can be so blunt that we can execute somebody even when the form head of the fbi says stop. when the former warden at this prison says stop. when right wing congressman bob barr, former prosecutor for georgia says stop. and so many others. that yet we just push on blindly, not knowing amid so much doubt whether were doing the righ...

Friends and family to dig deeper. how do you receive that tonight, ben? >> you know, i think he said everything that you would expect troy davis to say. this is not your typical case. this is a case where a man for 22 years has contended that he is innocent and that every year, recently every day, more and more information came forward confirming that. i first met his sister 15 years ago. and i had my doubts. but as i dug into the case more, as she dug into the case more, every year it became cl...