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System or take tn contrary position on the death penalty before it is more convincing. in this case for example you have a former fbi director who said i don't think we should execute troy davis. the bottom line is i think the death penalty to some degree is falling out of favor. when it was reinstated and came in to use in this country again it was a time when life terms didn't really mean life. they would get a life sentence but only spend 20 years and in the worse cases they would strike again. so people started to think the death penalty is the only way to ensure this doesn't happen. now e...

Original stories, thousands around the world questioned davis' guilt. for many, especially his supporters the execution has brought a big question to the forefront. >> should we really still be doing this? should there be a death penalty? a lot of countries have aboli abolished it. three states have abolished it. georgia should be next. >> joining me now is a vanna guthrie and professor mark hills. how will the exkugts of davis impact the national conversation of the death penalty in the country. >> in some ways i think the fact we are having the conversation means it has had an impact. the fa...

Publicity around people who were exonerated, the use of dna. it is an interesting time to have this debate. people are expressing misgiving about the death penalty. if you look at polls 60% of americans support the death penalty. this case is one that raises a lot of questions because there seems to be so much doubt in the record when you have seven of nine witnesses later coming back and recanting. i would note, though, those witnesses were heard by several courts and saw the affidavits. one court heard from the witnesses and ultimately rejected their changed testimony. so in some way we have...

Gosh, the supposedly safe wall street banks are holding enough we didn't know about. that's what is going on in europe. the german banks are probably okay. greece can't get its balance sheet in order. a lot of fears about greets going to the banks and saying, sorry, guys we can't pay back at least part of what we owe you and that's what the fear is about. you take your pick. it's a bad menu. leaving a lot of indigestion today. >> we'll fast for today. >> i'm hungry now. >> you look hungry and sad over there. we will have to send you a milk shake or something. >> please. today supporters of t...