Troy Davis executed by lethal injection after death row bid fails

 

Troy Davis executed by lethal injection after death row bid fails
Troy Davis has been executed over the killing of off-duty police officer Mark MacPhail after the Supreme Court denied a final appeal to stay the sentence.

Troy Davis supporters, Georgia Lynn Hopkins (L) comforts Carolyn Bond after the US Supreme Court refused to issue a stay of execution for convicted cop killer Troy Davis (Picture: Gety)

Davis, who spent two decades on death row, mounted numerous appeals to protest his innocence and garnered global support for his case, but received a lethal injection shortly before 11pm last night.

The family of Mr MacPhail, who was killed in 1989 after running to the aid of a man being attacked by a gang which included Davis, was present to see the capital punishment administered.

'He had all the chances in the world. It has got to come to an end,' his mother Anneliese MacPhail said.

According to Davis' attorney, seven of the nine key witnesses involved in the original trial have since backtracked on all or part of their testimony, but judges refused to grant him another trial.