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Execution of troy davis. joining me now is allan ault, retired director of the georgia department of corrections and former warden of the georgia diagnostic and classification prison where he oversaw executions for the state of georgia. mr. ault, thanks for your time tonight. please describe what happened today from your understanding of how this unusually plays out. well, as the commissioner of corrections i was involved in several executions. and it s one thing to theory rise about it or talk about it abstractly. but when you re in the death chamber ordering an execution, and even if you in your mind if you re a man of conscience actually believe somebody is guilty, it s still a very premeditated murder. i mean, it s scripted and rehearsed. it s about as premeditated as ....
dr. allan ault and rachel maddow, thank you for staying with us. coming up next, barry scheck of the innocence project and ari melber of the nation. our coverage of the execution of troy anthony davis continues here on nsnbc. stay with us. [ mendes ] you know when something s bad but you do it anyway? ....
seven of the nine witnesses against him have reportedly recantedheir testimony. some jurors have publicly changed their minds about his guilt. others claim a man who was with the davis that might told people he is the actual command. join us coming up will be rachel matt blow, been jealous, and jeremy skaalen and barry scheck allen alt. for the latest, we are joined outside the prison in jackson, georgia. what is it like out there tonight? the atmosphere right now is very thick. a lot of anticipation enter spoke with a spokeswoman for the department of corrections here in georgia, and she says they are more than midway through the execution. she believes that within ten minutes she will get some word of the official details of this execution, but this execution has already begun. now we understand that the execution has already gone through the process and are just waiting for confirmation of the details of the sequence in which this happened. instead execution table, ....
allen alt. for the latest, we are joined outside the prison in jackson, georgia. what is it like out there tonight? the atmosphere right now is very thick. a lot of anticipation enter spoke with a spokeswoman for the department of corrections here in georgia, and she says they are more than midway through the execution. she believes that within ten minutes she will get some word of the official details of this execution, but this execution has already begun. now we understand that the execution has already gone through the process and are just waiting for confirmation of the details of the sequence in which this happened. instead execution table, we knew there d be three members of the macphail family. they have roped off an area for protesters and supporters for troy davis. his family, tom davis s family are inside that area right now. we are just waiting right now, anticipating word on this execution. as you have mentioned, this has been a very long struggle and emo ....
what is it like out there tonight? the atmosphere right now is very thick. a lot of anticipation enter spoke with a spokeswoman for the department of corrections here in georgia, and she says they are more than midway through the execution. she believes that within ten minutes she will get some word of the official details of this execution, but this execution has already begun. now we understand th the execution has already gone through the process and are just waiting for confirmation of the details of the sequence in which this happened. instead execution table, we knew there d be three members of the macphail family. they have roped off an area for protesters and supporters for troy davis. his family, tom davis s family are inside that area right now. we are just waiting right now, anticipating word on this execution. as you have mentioned, this has been a very long struggle and emotional struggle on poolsides. on one side, you ve had hundreds of thousands of prot ....