he was not personally responsible for the death of officer mcfail. according to lewis, davis said to the family that he was sorry for their loss, martha. martha: what a moment that must have been in that room. so this is a case, john, that has really captured so much attention all around the world, really. not just here in the united states. it has been a rallying point for death penalty opponents. since he was convicted and sentenced to death in the 1991, seven of nine witnesses recanted testimony. three of the jurors who voted for the debt penalty said they made a mistake. there was no fingerprint evidence, no dna evidence and no gun found. for so many people there was so up doubt he shouldn t be executed or people believed he was completely innocent. here is one of his attorneys, immediately after the execution. our sadness, the sadness of his friend and his family, as tempered by the hope that troy s death will lead to a fundamental legal reforms so
scene to investigate and was shot and killed. 1991 troy davis was convicted for the murder based on eyewitness testimony. seven of the nine witnesses against him have recanted or changed their testimony raising doubts that have gone global. joining us is david mattingly. also senior legal analyst jeffrey toobin. jeff, what is happening right now? explain this. the state won t go forward with this until they get word from the supreme court? right. what happened this morning was troy davis lawyers filed suit in the trial court in georgia saying we want a stay of execution based on false testimony given in a hearing that took place last year. late this afternoon the georgia supreme court excuse me. first the trial court denied the stay. late this afternoon the georgia supreme court denied the stay. at around 6:00 eastern sometime, an hour before the execution was supposed to take place, troy davis lawyers went to the u.s. supreme court asking for a stay. we have not heard
oh, my god. please stay where you are. everybody, stay where you are. did you get it? oh, my god. keep your heads up. everybody, stay where you are. i knew that was in the stands, oh, my god. it could have been us. i know. in my mind, it was coming. joining me on the phone is the man who shot that video. he is brent wilson, he s back home in portland, oregon. brent, you know, we could hear i counted three oh, my gods. i don t know if that was from you or your son. i can t imagine what you were feeling. if you can, walk me through your initial thoughts when you saw that plane nosedive and hit the crowd. it was obviously an incredibly tragic event, and initially, before it got down to the ground, you know, it was all over the sky and for a brief moment what appeared to be an eternity to us, you know, it was coming directly for us in our area. and, you know, i just froze and my sons. it was something that is life changing. my son kyle actually is the one who