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Originally swore under oath, pointed and said that troy davis was the trigger man who shot and killed officer macphail as he tried help a homeless man. its all come to a head tonight. the other side of the family, the macphail family say that, look, this has been a long process. we waited 22 years since he was killed. we are thirsty for justice. not blood thirsty but thirsty for justice at this point. now, were waiting for official details and some media witnesses and hoping the macphail family ...

>> what troy davis was saying to the end? >> he was saying he was innocent. he said to the macphail family again, he was not personally responsible for what happened that night. he said he did not have a gun. he said he was not the one who took their son, father, brother, and said he was innocent. that was to the end. he lifted his head up. he was strapped to the gurney when we walked in. when the warden asked if he wanted to make a statement. he lifted his head up and looked at the front row wh...

>> we saw two. the officers brother, his name was william -- mark macphail jr. >> he maintained his innocence until the end? >> no. mark macphail leaned forward through the whole process. his uncle, william macphail, sat back and 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 seemed to smile about it. the macphail family, a...

I dont believe he did have a last meal and i dont think he made a final statement when given the opportunity to record one. he did make the statement when strapped to the gurney, again, addressed directly to the macphail family first to let them know he was innocent. >> he did not eat his dinner and did not take the ativan. >> did he participate in a prayer? >> he was offered but he did not. they started the execution. he blinked rapidly for some period of time, and then he went out. they checke...

Which cannot be revoked. we have killed a man. amid a pile of doubt. >> ben jealous, unequivocally, do you think the state of georgia put an innocent man to death tonight? >> absolutely. absolutely. i have looked at this case for 15 years, reviewed thousands of cases in that period. i have never seen a case like this. i sat with a woman today on cnn who was terrified for her life just a few months ago, fleed savannah, georgia, because a few years ago, the man who many say is the actual killer, t...

Into this case. to the staff, to the people about to take my life, may good to have mercy on your souls and may god bless your souls. that was it. >> did the macphail family have any kind of physical or verbal response? >> we couldnt see their faces. they were in the first row. we coiled not see how they reacteded to it. watching them, they never turned their heads or wavered the entire time and just stared at him through the glass as the execution was taking place. >> the execution was delayed ...

Nbc news correspondent than joins me from outside the prison in jackson, georgia. >> ed, i can tell you just now that first van of witnesses pulled up, i believe right now, these are the immediate witnesses. theyre coming up to the podium to talk about what they witnessed. >> lets listen to them at the podium right now. >> he wanted to talk to the macphail family and said that despite the situation youre in, he was not the one who did it. he said that he was not person pli li responsible for wha...

Supreme court had rejected his final appeal. >> we saw two. the officers brother, his name was william -- mark macphail jr. >> he maintained his innocence until the end? >> no. mark macphail leaned forward through the whole process. his uncle, william macphail, sat back and 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 see...

when davis was arrested for the shooting death of an offduty savannah police officer named mark macphail, a husband, son and father of two who was providing security for the burger king when a fight broke out in the parking lot. officer macphail rushed to the scene to investigate, was shot and killed n two years later in 1991, troy davis was convicted for that murder based on eyewitness testimony but since davis trial, seven of the nine witnesses against him either recanted or changed ...

shootinging death of an off-duty savannah police officer name mark macphail, a husband, son and father of two who was providing security for the a burger king when a fight broke out in the parking lot. officer macphail rushed to the scene to investigate, was shot and killed n two years later in 1991, troy davis was convicted for that murder based on eyewitness testimony but since davis trial, seven of the nine witnesses against him either recap theed or changed their testimony, raising...