Troy Anthony Davis was killed by lethal injection by the state of Georgia at 11:08 p.m. EDT
last night, despite widespread doubts about his guilt. The execution
occurred shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to stop the
execution. Democracy Now! was the only news outlet to continuously
broadcast live from the prison grounds last night, where hundreds of
supporters Troy Davis held an all-day vigil in Jackson, Georgia. Today
we hear the voices of Troy Davis’s sister Martina Correia, hip-hop
artist Big Boi, NAACP President Benjamin Jealous, Ed DuBose of the Georgia chapter of the NAACP,
two members of the Troy Davis legal team, and more. We also hear from
journalist Jon Lewis, a witness to the execution: "[Davis] said to the
family [of slain police officer Mark MacPhail] that he was sorry for
their loss, but also said that he did not take their son, father,
brother. He said to them to dig deeper into this case, to find out the
truth... And then he said to the prison staff, the ones he said 'who are
going to take my life,' he said to them, 'May God have mercy on your
souls.' And his last words were to them: 'May God bless your souls.'"Video
Source: Democracy Now!
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