Troy Davis Executed In Georgia

Proclaiming his innocence, Troy Davis was put to death by lethal injection on Wednesday night, his life -- and the hopes of supporters worldwide -- prolonged by several hours while the Supreme Court reviewed but then declined to act on a petition from his lawyers to stay the execution. Mr. Davis, 42, who was convicted of murdering a Savannah police...

Proclaiming his innocence, Troy Davis was put to death by lethal injection on Wednesday night, his life -- and the hopes of supporters worldwide -- prolonged by several hours while the Supreme Court reviewed but then declined to act on a petition from his lawyers to stay the execution. Mr. Davis, 42, who was convicted of murdering a Savannah police...