Troy Davis died at 11:08 p.m. ET, according to a prison official.Lethal injection began at 10:53pm EDT The execution was about four hours later than initially scheduled, because prison officials waited for a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Davis' request for a reconsideration.
Davis's pending execution had sparked an extraordinary outcry nationally and internationally that continued Wednesday, with thousands of people participated in evening protests and vigils at Georgia's death row prison and the state capitol.
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