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Breaking news here on a miss nbc. news out of jackson, georgia. at 11:08 in short time ago, troy, anthony davis was executed. davis had been on death row for 22 years following his conviction for the murder of an off-duty police officer, mark macphail. stay tuned for our continuing coverage. ou've recently signedp for medicare or will soon, you're starting a whole new journey. and, like many people, you're probably wondering,

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...

>> members of the georgia media eyewitness to an execution of troy anthony davis, who was pronounced dead tonight at 11:08 eastern time in the death chamber at the jackson, georgia facility. defiant was the word that was used to describe him. a somber mood, obviously in the chamber as reported by john lewis from wsb radio in georgia. and talking to his friends and family, a message for them to dig deeper and find the truth about what happened and telling the mcfail family that he did not have a gun and he was not responsible for the death of officer mcfail. i'm joined now by the president and ...

It's thursday, september 22nd. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." good morning, everybody. i'm rob nelson. >> i'm tanya rivero. troy davis said he was innocent right up until the moment of his death, where he told family members of the police officer he was accused of killing he did not do it. these claims of innocence drew worldwide support. >> an amazing drama that unfolded yesterday. supposed to happen like 7:00 eastern, backed up, all the way up to the supreme court -- >> four hours it was stayed, the execution while the supreme court decided, nope, go ahead. >> 11:08...

Welcome back to our coverage here for the latest from georgia. we have a correspondent outside the prison in jackson, georgia. >> i can tell you just now that the first van of witnesses. i believe these are the media witnesses. they are coming up to the podium to talk about what the witness. >> let's listen to them. let's take them at the podium right now. >> made a statement in which he said he wanted to talk to the macphail family and said that despite the situation you are in, he was not the one who did it. he said he was not personally responsible for what happened that night, that he did ...