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Entirely know because it was 20 years ago. you gave a pretty good summary of what people say about this case. what happened in 1989 was that mark macphail, off-duty police officer was coming to the rescue of a homeless man being beaten by a group of people. among -- within that group somewhere was troy davis, although it's not entirely clear. there's obviously all of these accounts that have come out after the fact. the point is macphail was shot and killed. and at least nine nonpolice witnesses claimed to have seen this happened. it was on those testimonies that the conviction hinged. otherwi...

Spectacle of what we saw. troy anthony davis was executed by the state of georgia. he was pronounced dead at the 11:08 p.m. eastern time. davis was convicted in the 1989 murder of an offduty police officer named mark macphail. for two decades, davis sat on death row despite questions surrounding his guilt. he maintained his innocence until literally his last breath. >> davis said, i want to talk to the macphail family. he said despite the situation you're in, i did not take your son, father, brother. i want you to dig deep entire this case so you will really see what that. >> my heart goes out...

Troy anthony davis was executed by the state of georgia. he was pronounced dead at the 11:08 p.m. eastern time. davis was convicted in the 1989 murder of an offduty police officer named mark macphail. for two decades, davis sat on death row despite questions surrounding his guilt. he maintained his innocence until literally his last breath. >> davis said, i want to talk to the macphail family. he said despite the situation you're in, i did not take your son, father, brother. i want you to dig deep entire this case so you will really see what that. >> my heart goes out to the macphail family. b...

Prisoner murdered, james byrd's son, had said that he did not want the death penalty carried out against his father's murderer. last night troy davis's alleged victim's family said they did want him executed for the death of officer mark macphail in georgia. do the wishes of victims' families i guess inflect in any way your feeling about having participated in executions or generally the way that staff do this, the way they feel about it, do you think? >> no. i think the victim's feelings should be taken into account. and in every execution that i attended i spent time with the victim's family...

Prisoner murdered, james byrd's son, had said that he did not want the death penalty carried out against his father's murderer. last night troy davis's alleged victim's family said they did want him executed for the death of officer mark macphail in georgia. do the wishes of victims' families i guess inflect in any way your feeling about having participated in executions or generally the way that staff do this, the way they feel about it, do you think? >> no. i think the victim's feelings should be taken into account. and in every execution that i attended i spent time with the victim's family...