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| Troy Davis Pleaded Innocence before Execution |
| By kgoam810.com - ABC News Radio |
| Published: 09/22/2011 |
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(JACKSON, Ga.) -- Troy Davis was executed Wednesday evening for the murder of an off-duty policeman after the U.S. Supreme Court denied a last-minute stay of execution amid widespread public doubts about his guilt. Davis, 42, died at 11:08 p.m. ET, according to a Georgia Department of Corrections official. His death by lethal injection came after an approximately four-hour delay for legal review. Eyewitnesses described the mood in the execution chamber as "somber" as Davis was wheeled in strapped to a gurney. He declared his innocence a final time in the 1989 murder as witnesses and relatives of the victim -- off-duty Savannah, Ga., policeman Mark MacPhail -- looked on. "The incident that happened that night is not my fault. I did not have a gun," Davis said, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "I did not personally kill your son, father and brother. I am innocent," he continued. "For those about to take my life, may God have mercy on your souls, may God bless your souls," Davis said. Witnesses said Davis' eyes fluttered as he received his first injection and lost consciousness, and that the entire process of lethal injection lasted about 15 minutes. "Justice has been served for Officer Mark MacPhail and his family," state Attorney General Sam Olens said in a statement. Members of the MacPhail family are convinced Davis was guilty, but many other observers are not. Read More. |
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