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BBC News Death row inmate Troy Davis has been executed in the US state of Georgia for the fatal shooting of policeman Mark MacPhail in 1989. Davis’ death was delayed for hours while the US Supreme Court considered an eleventh-hour…

BBC News The US state of Georgia has rejected a final clemency appeal for Troy Davis on the eve of his execution for the 1989 murder of an off-duty policeman. The Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles made its decision…