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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 doubts that have gone global. however, the d.a. in the case and the families -- the victims family insisted all alo that davis got a fair trial deeptd six was the right one with. we are now joined, continue to have the live shot outside the jackson, georgia, prison, continue to show you if we c...

some jurors have publicly changed their minds about his guilt. others claim a man who was with davis that night told people he is the actual gunman. joining us, coming up, will be rachel maddow, ben jealous, jeremy 68 hiskahil, barry schec. what is it like out there now? >> the atmosphere is very thick with tension. a lot of anticipation. i just spoke with a spokeswoman from the department of corrections here in georgia. she says theyre more than midway through the execution at this po...

davis got a fair trial deeptd six was the right one with. we are now joined, continue to have the live shot outside the jackson, georgia, prison, continue to show you if we can, maybe naught up on the screen, also the scene outside the supreme court that we have been watching, protesters have also gathered. joining us now is also with us, senior legal analyst jeffrey toobin and bj bernstein. jeff, in terms of the lethal injection, the process, it -- that itself is a process filled with...

what is it like out there now? >> the atmosphere is very thick with tension. a lot of anticipation. i just spoke with a spokeswoman from the department of corrections here in georgia. she says theyre more than midway through the execution at this point. she believes within ten minutes shell get some word of the official details of this execution. this execution has already begun. before she mentioned it would take 20 to 30 minutes, in the previous hour to get everybody in place for thi...

prison in jackson, georgia. >> reporter: ed, i can tell you just now the first van of witnesses pulled up, i believe, right now. these were the immediate witnesses now coming up to the podium to talk about what they witnessed. >> lets listen to them if we can. >> he made a statement in which he said he wanted to talk to the macphail family. despite the situation youre in, he was not the one who did it. he said he was not personally responsible for what happened that night, hat he did n...

prison in jackson, georgia. >> reporter: ed, i can tell you just now the first van of witnesses pulled up, i believe, right now. these were the immediate witnesses now coming up to the podium to talk about what they witnessed. >> lets listen to them if we can. >> he made a statement in which he said he wanted to talk to the macphail family. despite the situation youre in, he was not the one who did it. he said he was not personally responsible for what happened that night, hat he did ...

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 their testimony raising doubts that have gone global. we have the scene outside the supreme court that weve been watching, where protesters have also gathered. joining us now is senior legal analyst jeffrey toobin and b.j. bernst...

from the latest from news correspondent, joining us outside the prison in jackson, georgia. what is it like out there tonight? >> we just spoke -- well, the atmosphere is very thick with tension. a lot of anticipation that this execution has gone through. i just spoke with a spokeswoman from the department of corrections here in georgia and she says that they are more than mid way through the ex coexecutn at this point. she believes that within 10 minutes she will get words of the deta...

davis trial, seven of the nine witnesses against him either recap theed or changed their testimony, raising doubts that have gone global. however, the d.a. in the case and the families -- the victims family insisted all along that davis got a fair trial deeptd six was the right one with. we are now joined, continue to have the live shot outside the jackson, georgia, prison, continue to show you if we can, maybe naught up on the screen, also the scene outside the supreme court that we h...

changed their minds about his guilt. others claim a man who was with davis that night told people he is the actual gunman. joining us, coming up, will be rachel maddow, ben jealous, jeremy skahill and barry shek and allen ault. from the latest from news correspondent, joining us outside the prison in jackson, georgia. what is it like out there tonight? >> we just spoke -- well, the atmosphere is very thick with tension. a lot of anticipation that this execution has gone through. i just...