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That's the essential question in that story. >> i think the fro is coming back. >> we'll see. all right. before that, the state of georgia did carry out troy davis' death sentence late last night after the supreme court refused his last-minute appeal. >> the execution sparked protests around the world and rekindled the emotional debate over capital punishment. abc's john hendren joins us with the details. >> reporter: good morning, rob and tanya. it was a somber night for a man in georgia put to death despite lingering questions over his guilt. troy davis went to his death still calling hims...

It seemed that he had more to say than most people who are about to be executed, asking his friends and family to dig deeper. how do you receive that tonight, ben? >> you know, i think he said everything that you would expect troy davis to say. this is not your typical case. this is a case where a man for 22 years has contended that he is innocent and that every year, recently every day, more and more information came forward confirming that. i first met his sister 15 years ago. and i had my doubts. but as i dug into the case more, as she dug into the case more, every year it became clearer an...

>> [ inaudible ] >> his brother named william and-mark mcfail jr. >> no. mark mcfail leaned forward through the whole process and his uncle, william mcfail sat back. 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 they seemed to smile about it. so the mcfail family, at least, they seemed to get some satisfaction from what happened. >> what was there from the mcfail family? >> pardon? >> who was there? >> mark mcfail jr., his...

Color for killing whites. executing james' killers will not help to balance the scales. abc news is reporting the prosecutors in the james craig anderson case in jackson, mississippi, may not seek the death penalty in the case because of the stated wishes of james craig anderson's family. in the state of georgia, officials spent the day today planning to kill one of georgia's prisoners. troy davis wasolice officer named mark macphail in 1989. he was trying to stop a beating in a parking lot in savannah, georgia, when he was shot twice, once in the heart and once in the face. troy davis insists...

Coming together. some are sitting by themselves, sorting this out. this is a deeply personal moment in many ways, because it's a moment when your heart breaks, when your faith in our justice system is challenged, when our nation's greatest court has just deeply disappointed millions of people. one of the most terrifying moments of my day today is sitting next to a woman named keyana glover. we were on cnn together and she had just come out of hiding. she had went into hiding when the board of pardons and parole did the wrong thing because sylvester red coles had threatened her, threatened her ...