'Your papers, please' must never be heard in America
Troy Davis supporters in the U.S. and Europe were trying just about anything to spare him from lethal injection that was just hours away Wednesday for killing an off-duty Georgia policeman, a crime he and others have insisted for years that he did not commit.
Georgia's board of pardons rejected a last-ditch clemency bid from death row inmate Troy Davis on Tuesday, one day before his scheduled execution, despite support from figures including an ex-president and a former FBI director for the claim that he was wrongly convicted of killing a police officer in 1989.
Chisolm has said he's powerless to intervene, but activists say they believe he has enough influence as district attorney to sway the outcome.
Execution nears for Ga. inmate Troy Davis; protests worldwide →
