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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 ....
Family are right now in the so-called pit area, where they ve roped off an area, department of corrections made an area for protesters and support offers for troy davis. his family, troy daviss family, are inside that pit area right now. we are just waiting right now, anticipating some kind of word, the details of this execution. as you ve mentioned, this has been a very long struggle and a very emotional struggle own both sides. on one side you ve had hundreds of thousands of supporters and protesters all in support of troy davis, saying that the recanting of these 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. of course they denied that stay and this execution. on the other side, you ve had prosecutors and the family of officer macphail saying this has already gone through the judicial process. this has been litigated in a court of law. these witnesses now have ....