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Man and there are thousands of people dying in wars around the world, but it also cuts to the heart of what kind of country do we live in? do we live in a country that executes people when there's that much doubt? and that's why i say we should be ashamed tonight, ed. it's not just one man. in a way, it cut a hole in the heart of our justice system by moving forward the execution of troy anthony davis. >> jeremy skahill of "the nation" magazine, who has been following and reporting on this for several years. the execution was scheduled for 7:00 tonight and the united states supreme court, if y...

That. what do you think took place in that four-hour time frame? how much conversation do you think there was? how might it have gone down? >> and remember, the court isn't in session right now. the regular term for the court is still in the summer session. regular supreme court term won't start for a little over a week now, about ten days from now, the first monday in october. so the justices are all over the place. some of them, i don't, frankly, know where they all were tonight. some of them probably in town, but i can guarantee none of them were in the court building tonight. but the court...

What about president obama? now, taking it to the wealthiest americans. isn't this a slam dunk for the democrats to support him on this, saying that the wealthy americans have got to pay more? i mean, is he going to get enough support from his own party to push this through? what do you think? >> the answer to the last question is yes. he really punched everybody in the nose who wants to do nothing last week in his speech. and i think the republican party has to understand that the americans want to put politics aside and get people back to work. and we can do that best if we put our heads tog...

Davis was treated in a different way when the eyewitnesss were being presented with photographs of the suspects. when you look at the vast majority of the evidence against troy davis, and you realize that there was no physical evidence presented against him, and that seven of the nine nonpolice eyewitnesss recant their testimony at a minimal, as a responsible american, you have to say, our country has no business putting that man to death. i don't believe that -- he is innocent, and i'm ashamed, ed, i'm ashamed of our country, because this is not what america is supposed to be about. and my he...

To be executed some time tonight. joining me now from our washington bureau is nbc news justice correspondent pete williams. pete, your thoughts at this hour, the way this all unfolded. we keep hearing from all of the people that we're visiting with tonight on the network, that this case is so different. this case has got overwhelming, you know, evidence in it, presented by people thinking that, you know, this man is innocent. has there ever been any other case that would parallel this in your opinion, that we've seen unfold like this? >> it's hard to think of a parallel like this. a case that...