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Macphail family. they have roped off an area for protesters and supporters for troy davis. his family, tom davis's family are inside that area right now. we are just waiting right now, anticipating word on this execution. as you have mentioned, this has been a very long struggle and emotional struggle on poolsides. on one side, you've had hundreds of thousands of protesters in support of him saying that the recanting of the statements from seven of the nine witnesses is more than reasonable doubt for this execution to be halted. it came down to a last-minute appeal to the u.s. supreme court. t...

About 20 to 30 minutes to get people in place for that process. but ben jealous, the president of the naacp, i do want to ask you one more question. seven of the nine eyewitnesss recanted their statements, said that this man was not responsible for the death of officer macphail. in your opinion, could you tell us how you feel about the supreme court tonight not paying attention to that. >> i believe that the supreme court tonight has paid attention to the limits of the letter of our constitution and ignored the spirit of the constitution and the nation. the reality is that we have no constitut...

scene to investigate and was shot and killed. 1991 troy davis was convicted for the murder based on eyewitness testimony. seven of the nine witnesses against him have recanted or changed their testimony raising doubts that have gone global. joining us is david mattingly. also senior legal analyst jeffrey toobin. jeff, what is happening right now? explain this. the state won't go forward with this until they get word from the supreme court? >> right. what happened this morning was troy davis' lawyers filed suit in the trial court in georgia saying we want a stay of execution based on ...

scene to investigate and was shot and killed. in 1991, troy davis was convicted for the murder based on eyewitness testimony. since davis' trial, seven of the nine witnesses against him have recanted or changed their testimony raising doubts that have gone global. joining us from the prison in jackson, outside the prison, david maltingly, also senior legal analyst, jeffrey toobin. jeff, it's about now three hours, i remember shortly after this delay was announced, watching, you say you felt the supreme court would rule in a matter of minutes. the fact that it has now been multiple ho...

most notorious prisons where they had been held for 26 months. fattal's grandparents and cousin, perhaps just like, watching c thmpb n this time yesterday from their home in seattle. i want to you watch their reaction the second they first laid eyes on him. >> they emerged. the families are cheering. they're running down the steps. >> oh! >> flashing lights. >> how wonderful is that. what a moment for this family. like i am, waiting 26 months for this day to come. i have josh fattal's uncle back on the phone with me from seattle. fred, what a past 24 hours, huh? how are josh and shan...