Top of the Hour: Troy Davis Executed in Georgia, Morning Headlines

The Takeaway

At 11:08 PM on Wednesday, Troy Davis was executed by lethal injection in a Georgia prison. The Supreme Court reviewed by denied a petition to stay his execution.

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