US execution draws global protests
China Daily | Updated: 2011-09-23 07:56
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Minister Lynn Hopkins (left) comforts her partner Carolyn Bond after hearing that the US Supreme Court rejected a last minute plea of Georgia death row inmate Troy Davis in Jackson, Georgia, on Wednesday. Davis was executed for killing off-duty Savannah officer Mark MacPhail. Stephen Morton / Associated Press |
JACKSON, Georgia - The US state of Georgia executed a man for the murder of an off-duty police officer, a crime he denied committing right to the end as supporters around the world mourned and declared that an innocent man was put to death.
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