Troy Davis Executed In Georgia At 11:08 PM Wednesday

Posted on Sep 22, 2011 @ 05:30AM

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Despite a last ditch plea for clemency and a huge rally to grant a stay of execution, Troy Davis was put to death at 11:08 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday September 21, RadarOnline.com can report.

The convicted murderer, who maintained his innocence to the end, was executed by lethal injection, Kristen Stancil, a spokeswoman for the prison where Davis died, confirmed.

As RadarOnline.com previously reported, Davis was sentenced to death for the 1989 murder of Savannah police officer Mark MacPhail, who was gunned down while rushing to the aid of a homeless man in a Burger King parking lot.

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The execution occurred after the Supreme Court announced late Wednesday it was denying a last-ditch request to spare Davis' life.

"The application for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice (Clarence) Thomas and by him referred to the Court is denied," read the order released to the news media at 10:18 p.m. ET.

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Benjamin Jealous, President of the NAACP, who had been lobbying state and federal officials to study what he felt was reasonable doubt in the case, sent out updates via Twitter late Wednesday condemning the decision.

"In death, Troy Davis will live on as a reminder of a broken justice system that kills an innocent man while a murderer walks free," Jealous wrote. "The pillar of strength that Troy has been is a testament to his faith and understanding that this movement will continue with more force."

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Human rights group, Amnesty International, released a statement condemning the execution: "Today, Georgia didn't just kill Troy Davis, they killed the faith and confidence that many Georgians, Americans and Troy Davis supporters worldwide used to have in our criminal justice system."

Davis maintained his innocence till the end. “I’d like to address the MacPhail family. Let you know, despite the situation you are in, I’m not the one who personally killed your son, your father, your brother. I am innocent," he said in his final words before being executed.

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"The incident that happened that night is not my fault. I did not have a gun. All I can ask ... is that you look deeper into this case so that you really can finally see the truth.

"I ask my family and friends to continue to fight this fight. For those about to take my life, God have mercy on your souls. And may God bless your souls.”

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Davis' legal team had argued that there was “abundant evidence” that another man committed the murder and claimed that they had sworn statements from three jurors who sentenced Davis to death at his 1991 trial, but who now expressed doubt with their verdicts and were asking that Davis be spared the death penalty.

Davis’ attorneys noted that seven of the prosecution’s nine witness had either recanted or backed off their original testimony. More witnesses had come forward to say in sworn statements that another man, Sylvester “Redd” Coles, told them he was the one who pulled the trigger in the murder of MacPhail. Coles was at the scene of the crime with Davis.

Within an hour of Davis' execution at last night, his sister Kim wrote a heartfelt thanks to Change.org for supporting him and revealed some of his final words before his death, RadarOnline.com has learned.

"When Troy saw that more than 250,000 Change.org members signed a petition that was delivered to the board in his name, he called to tell me he was deeply moved. He told me he knew that he had supporters around the world, but he had no idea that the support was that widespread."

Kim has said that she'll keep fighting, for the next Troy Davis and the one after that. And she knows so many others will join her in this fight.

As RadarOnline.com previously reported, Davis' sister spearheaded a campaign to save her brother by launching an online petition two weeks days ago at Change.org to appeal to the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles.

Change.org aims to bring public attention to a wide variety of topics including animal rights, economic justice and human trafficking by providing a platform to build and promote online petitions.

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I have to say, the evidence they seemed to have on him was scant. I know I wouldn't have been able to find him guilty with such little evidence. I just hope they got the right person, otherwise an innocent person was executed.

by amagod121
Posted Thu, 09/22/2011 - 1:18pm

Casey Anthony doesn't speak for me and I'm Republican. Nor does he/she speak for anyone else I know. The fact is if you are part of a crime that results in death, then in most states you are as guilty as the one doing the murder.

by GingerK
Posted Thu, 09/22/2011 - 9:40am

Just ignore the embeciles. They just want attention.

by redbird
Posted Thu, 09/22/2011 - 10:22am

What he said says it all. He didnt personal kill the officer. If he knew who did it why not tell. Bye Bye. I am proud to be an American.

by steel27
Posted Thu, 09/22/2011 - 8:17am

Reading through the lines of what he said, even if he didn't shoot the gun, he knows who did as he was with whomever it was. He never says he was not an accessory of whatever went down assuming he's telling the truth in the first place.

by Lauren Elizabeth
Posted Thu, 09/22/2011 - 7:38am

Buh-Bye Murderer.
Funny how no ones whining about James Byrd's murderer being executed on the same day in Texas. I'm not losing sleep over either of them !

by bob johnson
Posted Thu, 09/22/2011 - 5:31am

i would be ashamed to say I was American after this .

by libraiis
Posted Thu, 09/22/2011 - 3:02am

The USA looks even worse than they did before this . Most educated countries around the world have give up this barbarism . Yet they want to be in the club with dictators nad communists. So Sad ..

by libraiis
Posted Thu, 09/22/2011 - 3:01am

Then go live in one of those countries.

by Cuz_I_Can2
Posted Thu, 09/22/2011 - 6:46am

I have said many times that there is no justice in America . The Supreme court said he ought to have a review but Georgia denied him that right .
So now there is no sense either .

by libraiis
Posted Thu, 09/22/2011 - 2:57am