Troy Davis Executed By The State Of Georgia

Troy Davis was executed today by the state of Georgia despite the mounting controversy surrounding his case. Davis’ attorneys had filed an appeal challenging evidence and witness testimony that had linked Davis to a 1989 murder of an off-duty police officer in Savannah, Georgia. Indeed, seven of the nine individuals who had testified against Davis have since recanted their stories.

The White House has refused to comment on Davis’ case, saying that “it is not appropriate for the President of the United States to weigh in on specific cases.” Meanwhile, Edward Dubose, head of the NAACP’s Georgia branch, has called Davis’ death a “murder” rather than an execution, and hordes of supporters have gathered at the prison where Davis was held to protest the state’s decision to move forward with the decision to execute Davis by lethal injection.

Ultimately, Davis’ lawyers last-minute appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court failed.

Watch the report from CNN below:

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