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Originally swore under oath, pointed and said that troy davis was the trigger man who shot and killed officer macphail as he tried help a homeless man. it's all come to a head tonight. the other side of the family, the macphail family say that, look, this has been a long process. we waited 22 years since he was killed. we are thirsty for justice. not blood thirsty but thirsty for justice at this point. now, we're waiting for official details and some media witnesses and hoping the macphail family will avail themselves to make statements following this execution. >> what are the people outside ...

>> what troy davis was saying to the end? >> he was saying he was innocent. he said to the macphail family again, he was not personally responsible for what happened that night. he said he did not have a gun. he said he was not the one who took their son, father, brother, and said he was innocent. that was to the end. he lifted his head up. he was strapped to the gurney when we walked in. when the warden asked if he wanted to make a statement. he lifted his head up and looked at the front row where the macphail family was sitting and made sure they heard what he had to say. he claimed he was i...

>> we saw two. the officer's brother, his name was william -- mark macphail jr. >> he maintained his innocence until the end? >> no. mark macphail leaned forward through the whole process. his uncle, william macphail, sat back 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 stare ahead. then, when it was over, as they were leaving, they hugged somebody and seemed to smile about it. the macphail family, at least, they seemed to get some sat faction from what happened. >> who was there from -- >> pardon...

I don't believe he did have a last meal and i don't think he made a final statement when given the opportunity to record one. he did make the statement when strapped to the gurney, again, addressed directly to the macphail family first to let them know he was innocent. >> he did not eat his dinner and did not take the ativan. >> did he participate in a prayer? >> he was offered but he did not. they started the execution. he blinked rapidly for some period of time, and then he went out. they checked him for consciousness, the warden came back into the death chamber, went back out again and they...

Which cannot be revoked. we have killed a man. amid a pile of doubt. >> ben jealous, unequivocally, do you think the state of georgia put an innocent man to death tonight? >> absolutely. absolutely. i have looked at this case for 15 years, reviewed thousands of cases in that period. i have never seen a case like this. i sat with a woman today on cnn who was terrified for her life just a few months ago, fleed savannah, georgia, because a few years ago, the man who many say is the actual killer, threatened her. excuse me, a few years ago, he admitted in front of her and many others he had actual...