Time: Troy Davis Executed in Georgia for Killing Off-Duty Cop

After one final, desperate plea for clemency, Troy Anthony Davis was executed after the U.S. Supreme Court denied his request to cancel his execution. In the dramatic pinnacle of an intense and controversial case, Davis filed an eleventh-hour plea on Wednesday evening about an hour before his scheduled execution time of 7 pm, causing a temporary delay as the high court considered the appeal, but was ultimately denied. [more...]