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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 false testimony given in a hearing that took place last year. late this afternoon the georgia supreme court excuse me. first the trial court denied the stay. late this afternoon the georgia supreme court denied the stay. at around 6:00 eastern sometime, an hour before the execution was supposed to take place, troy davis lawyers went to the u.s. supreme court asking for a stay. we have not ....
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 hours what do you make of it? this is really shocking and astonishing. this kind of last-minute application for a stay is fairly common. almost always, the result is literally a one-sentence order from the supreme court which says the request for a stay is denied. and it is unanimous. that doesn t take very long for the justices to agree on, if they, in fact, agree. there are nine justices. ....
Yesterday. a georgia parole board denying a last minute appeal for clemency for troy davis set to be execute dad at 7:00 for the 1989 murder of an off duty savannah, georgia police officer. the high profile case against the 42-year-old davis is making headlines around the world because of doubts surrounding his guilt. tom truong has more. reporter: in atlanta and around the world, k5u8s for clemency for georgia death row inmate troy davis with one last chance to appeal his execution. we re concerned about .possibility of genuinely executing an innocent man. reporter: jimmy carter and pope benedict are among nearly 1 million who have petitioned the state s par donees and parole board. even some death penalty advocates say there are too much doubt to execute. the sort of case in that the death penalty should not an applied. reporter: caves was convicted and sentenced to death for the 1989 murder of savannah list officer mark mcfail. ....
Shot in the face and chest while helping a home last man. thine witnesses testified davis was the shooter. but seven of the nine witnesses recanted their statements, several claims police coercion. one of those witnesses said i was real young, i was scared, i told them what they wanted to hear. davis defense also points to a lack of evidence. the murder weapon never found. three jurors who voted to convict now say they would vote differentlily. davis many supporters have tried everything they could to convince the board that given all the questions in the case, the execution must be halted. the board denied clemency. his family and supporters were devastated. when there s doubt, you can t make mistakes. you have to be sure. this is an affront to human rights. reporter: but officer mcfail s loved ones called it justice. not just my father was taken, but the future that we would have had together was taken from us. and the future that he would have had with his family was tak ....
either changed their stories or recanted their testimony, raising doubts that have gone global. anti-death penalty protesters are out in force tonight in georgia and over time, the pope, nobel peace prize laureates, desmond too tou and jimmy carter have been among those who have appealed for leniency or a new trial. the original prosecutor in the case say they are executing the right man tonight. there are two troy davis cases. there is the legal case, the case in court, and the public relation case. we have consistently won the case, as it s been presented in court. we have consistently lost the case as it s been presented in the public realm, on tv and elsewhere. cnn s david mattingly is outside the prison in jackson, georgia. davis sorry, david, what can you tell us about what s going on? reporter: candy, look, what s happening here right now, just in the last half hour, we ve seen hundreds of people gathering across the street, outside the gates of the priso ....