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>> members of the georgia media, eyewitness to an execution of troy anthony davis who was pronounced dead tonight at 11:08 eastern time in the death chamber of the jackson, georgia facility. defiant was the word used to describe him. a somber mood, obviously in the chamber, as reported by jon lewis from wsb radio in georgia. and talking to his friends and family, a message for them to dig deeper and find the truth about what happened and telling the macphail family he did not have a gun and he was not responsible for the death of officer macphail. i'm joined now by the president and ceo of the...

The officer's brother. his name is william. and mark macphail junior [ inaudible ] >> no, mark macphail leaned forward through the whole process, and his uncle, william macphail, setback and neither seemed to move at all. >> they spent the entire time just staring at troy davis. never turned their heads. never did anything but stair ahead. then when it was over, as they were leaning, they hugged somebody and they seemed to smile about it. so for the macphail family, at least, they seemed to get some satisfaction from what happened. >> who was there from the macphail family? >> pardon? >> who w...

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, the -- i think he said everything you would expect troy davis to say. this is not your typical case. this is a case where man for 22 years contended he was innocent and that every year and recently everyday, more and more information has come forward confirming that. i first met his sister 15 years ago. i had my doubts. as i dug into the case more, as she dug into the case more, every year, it became clearer and clearer she was right, troy was telli...

Thank you. >> members of the georgia media, eyewitness to an execution of troy anthony davis who was pronounced dead tonight at 11:08 eastern time in the death chamber of the jackson, georgia facility. defiant was the word used to describe him. a somber mood, obviously in the chamber, as reported by jon lewis from wsb radio in georgia. and talking to his friends and family, a message for them to dig deeper and find the truth about what happened and telling the macphail family he did not have a gun and he was not responsible for the death of officer macphail. i'm joined now by the president and...

Welcome back to our coverage. for the latest. tom joins me from outside the prison in jackson, georgia. >> reporter: ed, i can tell you just now the first van of witnesses pulled up, i believe, right now. these were the immediate witnesses now coming up to the podium to talk about what they witnessed. >> let's listen to them if we can. >> he made a statement in which he said he wanted to talk to the macphail family. despite the situation you're in, he was not the one who did it. he said he was not personally responsible for what happened that night, hat he did not have a gun. he said to the fa...