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Macphail family. they have roped off an area for protesters and supporters for troy davis. his family, tom daviss family are inside that area right now. we are just waiting right now, anticipating word on this execution. as you have mentioned, this has been a very long struggle and emotional struggle on poolsides. on one side, youve had hundreds of thousands of protesters in support of him saying that the recanting of the statements from seven of the nine witnesses is more than reasonable doubt ...

About 20 to 30 minutes to get people in place for that process. but ben jealous, the president of the naacp, i do want to ask you one more question. seven of the nine eyewitnesss recanted their statements, said that this man was not responsible for the death of officer macphail. in your opinion, could you tell us how you feel about the supreme court tonight not paying attention to that. >> i believe that the supreme court tonight has paid attention to the limits of the letter of our constitution...

scene to investigate and was shot and killed. 1991 troy davis was convicted for the murder based on eyewitness testimony. seven of the nine witnesses against him have recanted or changed their testimony raising doubts that have gone global. joining us is david mattingly. also senior legal analyst jeffrey toobin. jeff, what is happening right now? explain this. the state wont go forward with this until they get word from the supreme court? >> right. what happened this morning was troy d...

scene to investigate and was shot and killed. in 1991, troy davis was convicted for the murder based on eyewitness testimony. since davis trial, seven of the nine witnesses against him have recanted or changed their testimony raising doubts that have gone global. joining us from the prison in jackson, outside the prison, david maltingly, also senior legal analyst, jeffrey toobin. jeff, its about now three hours, i remember shortly after this delay was announced, watching, you say you f...

most notorious prisons where they had been held for 26 months. fattals grandparents and cousin, perhaps just like, watching c thmpb n this time yesterday from their home in seattle. i want to you watch their reaction the second they first laid eyes on him. >> they emerged. the families are cheering. theyre running down the steps. >> oh! >> flashing lights. >> how wonderful is that. what a moment for this family. like i am, waiting 26 months for this day to come. i have josh fattals unc...

but overall that idea that the fed thinks that there are still significant downside risks, kyra, that has people unnerved. stocks are down. oil is down big. gold is down, as well. so, youre seeing a real movement out of some of these commodities and stocks today on this idea that the economy is not out of the woods yet, kyra? >> well look for the numbers in 28 1/2 minutes, thanks so much. the threat of a new government shutdown an intense round of voting rejected a spending bill and ...

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Shell casings from officer macphail shooting matched up and now everybody agrees from the georgia bureau of investigations that thats wrong, and the reason thats important is the prosecution also argued to the jury that the reason troy davis would shoot the officer when he saw him come upon the ian is that he was worried about having committed the shooting earlier that night and so it made sense that davis did it and he did it with the same gun. that was the prosecutions theory. >> i got you. >>...

This has been a big rallying point for death penalty opponents who say there just isnt the evidence now for troy davis to be put to death. there was back in 1991 apparently when he was convicted of of the murder of mark macphail a police officer. it didnt really happen the way i told it three of the jurors who sentenced him to death say they would not have voted for that now. continue to watch and wait at the prison in jackson, florida, we will stay until we get an answer one way or the other. >...

You would never do this. then after that there were seven recantations by witnesses that they were really coerced by the police into making these identifications in the first instance, and then there were admissions by a man named red coles who was one of the alleged witness here, who the defense always alleged that he was the real perpetrator, that he had really committed the crime, and finally, and this happened after the georgia court got it, and its the subject of the latest appeal. it now t...