archbishop desmond tutu was talking about the rights of women and girls. in burma, women are supposed to have a relatively isolated society and yet we are still the second class of gender. still even in burma. and we see this is a problem of human trafficking and of course the majority of people trafficed are women and girls. so this shows that there's a lot still to be done for women and girls in burma as in africa and other places in the world. >> rose: look at the arab spring does it resonate you because of the struggle you have made for dignity and democracy and changing the opportunity for people to control their own destiny? >> yes, of course. vements like the ones that are happening in the arab countries means something people all over the world struggling for their own freedom. manyeople remember what happenedn 1982348 burma when our people rose up to ask for democracy. of course our societies are very different but in the end they're all human beings and i think we can all understand each other's hope and fear and aspirations. we would like the ar

coming up will the outreach of support from people like president jimmy carter archbishop desmond tutu and even the pope save a georgia inmate from dying for a crime he may not have known that it. drives the world the fear mongering used by politicians who makes decisions come to break through that sort of people who made who can you trust no one who is in view with a global missionary to see where we had a state controlled capitalism is called satchels when nobody dares to ask we do our t. question morning. is the state of georgia on the verge of executing an innocent man on september twenty first troy anthony davis will be put to death by lethal injection for shooting and killing a police officer back in one thousand nine hundred ninety at the time there was no hard evidence tying davis to the murder no forensic evidence no videotape no murder weapon nothing but there were nine eyewitnesses who testified in the trial and they all implicated davis. however today seven of those nine witnesses have recanted their testimony and ten new witnesses have come forward pointing the finger at a

. >> a true african carolyn, how archbishop desmond tutu remember to the -- remembered the first african woman to achieve that honor. yesterday, she died of cancer at the age of 71. we have more on her life and her legacy. >> she was known around the world. in december of 2004, she won the nobel peace prize for her tireless environmental work in kenya, including tree planting. the first african woman to win the award, it was a big surprise to many people. they had not seen the strong link to the environment, poverty, and peace. >> [unintelligible] to bring courage and power to women in the african region. it can only make men stand up and wonder what hit them. >> the campaign began in the 1970's. the aim was to help women improve their livelihood, getting fire wood for cooking and clean water. police -- almost 60 million trees have been planted in kenya. at a time when the oppressive government was in power, and speaking out could put your life in danger. >> this is the center of nairobi, about 20 years ago, the ruling party tried to fill a 60-story skyscraper. but she protested. it was

president jimmy carter, pope benedict, desmond tutu are among the figures calling for clemency for troy davis, but the georgia board of pardons and paroles the do kle declined the stay of clemency and the georgia supreme court denied. troy davis is still alive. his execution on a temporary hold while the united states supreme court decides whether or not to consider the request for a stay of execution. joining us now is nbc news justice correspondent pete williams. pete, thanks very much for joining us tonight. what can you tell us about what is expected from the supreme court? >> well, what's expected is an answer to the question, will you grant the stay or not? it's a simple question and it will get a very simple response whenever the court is ready to do it. it's been about three hours now since the lawyers for troy davis filed their emergency request with the supreme court asking for a stay of execution. what this basically means is the lawyers are telling the supreme or the, look, we intend to appeal the case, but until we do, would you please put a hold on the execution while all

. >> she was a true african heroine, that's ow archbishop desmond tutu remembered the environmental activistose work won her the nobel peace prize in 2004. in doing so she became the first of an woman to achieve that honor. yesterday she died of cancer at the age of 71. the bbc's will ross has more on her life and her legacy. >> the moment the name mongari mathai was known around the world. in 2004 she won the nobel peace prize for her tireless environmental work in kenya, including successful tree-planting campaigns. the first african woman to win the award, it was a big surprise to many people. unlike mathai, they had not seen the strong link between the environment policy and peace. >> a great honor such as this bestowed on an african woman is an honor and courage and power women, especially in the african region. it can only make men stand up and wonder what keep them. >> her campaigning days began in the 1970's. mathai sat up the green bement movement. the aim was to help women improve livelihoods by getting access to fire wood for cooking and clean water. since then almost 50 million t

but just three days before his scheduled execution, a worldwide cry for clemency, bishop desmond tutuformer president jimmy carter and even pope benedict joined in. davis' many supporters say there is too much doubt for him to die by lethal injection. they point to the fact that seven of the nine witnesses who testified against him have recanted their statements. one of those witnesses said, quote, i told them that troy told me he did it. but it wasn't true. >> you have to be absolutely certain. there are no do-offvers when yo talk about taking a push's life. >> reporter: the defense claims there is little physical evidence, the murder weapon never found. macphail's family says davis is the killer and deserves death. he's been up for execution three times. each one halted. every delay devastating. >> it brought right back up to the forefront and those wounds are just -- they're ripped back open. >> reporter: davis' sister prays for a miracle. >> it is in god's hand. that's the only place it can be, in god's hand. >> reporter: despite her faith, the decision rests with the state pardon

is who aren't against capital punishment the death penalty for instance you had desmond tutu and the pope speaking out against the execution of troy davis but you also have someone like the former director of the f.b.i. you have bob barr who was the congressman of georgia who's a republican he himself works on legislation making it harder to overturn the death penalty and he sees this as a really unfair and not definitive. example of guilt i mean he said he himself someone who's such an advocate of the death penalty that he works on making it harder to overturn. penalty sentences he realizes that troy davis is either in a sense or he's certainly not guilty beyond reasonable doubt and there's someone out there who probably did do it and more people have come forward and said that someone else a man named phil bester calls has done it and people have said troy davis has done it and you know we like to talk about how much respect we have for life and some people especially on the right talk about erring on the side of life why would we want to err on the side of life when it comes to li

time for the good the bad of the very very spooky to split a deadly ugly there could argue bishop desmond tutu and the dalai lama they along with seven other nobel peace prize laureates a little letter to president obama to oppose the keystone x.l. pipeline the same pipeline that twelve hundred people were arrested for the white house proposed last letter reads the night you were nominated for president you told the world that under your leadership and working together the rise of the oceans will begin to flow in the planet will begin to heal this is a critical moment to be good in that place and make a lasting contribution and well being of everyone from this planet let's hope the president listens to these wise individuals and keeps his campaign promise and says no to big oil the bad senator david vitter republican from louisiana tweeted yesterday that he would not be attending tonight's president of the president's job joint speech to congress about jobs and why because he has to catch a football game and stop it or tweeted family and friends coming over first since game tomorrow on or on t

there is a race to save this man's life from jimmy carter to desmond tutu.re's new evidence that proves troy davis may be innocent. we'll share the investigation with you next. e always connecte e always connecte we live in a social world. isn't it time we had a social currency to match? membership rewards points from american express. use them to get the things you love from amazon.com, ticketmaster.com, and more unexpected places. they're a social currency with endless possibilities. are you wondering about your options? with over 30 years of medicare experience, unitedhealthcare medicare solutions can help. just give us a call. the annual enrollment period to switch your medicare coverage is earlier this year, from october 15th to december 7th, so now is a great time to review your situation. i'm looking for help paying for my prescriptions. [ male announcer ] that's a part d prescription drug plan. choose a stand-alone plan, or combine it with a medicare supplement plan. it's all in our free guide. is there a single plan that combines medicare parts a &

>> and hundreds oflarry, have f petitions to sign for clemency, and we have pope benedict, and desmond tutuam sessions of the former fbi director, and any political clout that these individuals possess that could alter a course that is events scheduled to take place tonight at 7:00 p.m.? >> well, i hope. so even more is supporters of the death penalty, an congressman bob bar when they look at this case say that this case is not the kind of case that the death penalty was for and even the people who believe in the death penalty should not want troy davis to be executed, because you don't want to see a possibly innocent man put to death by the state. >> we have to understand, too, from the other side, there is a family who lost a devoted loved one. there was a police officer killed in georgia. and troy davis was the man they thought had done it. there are questions that remain unanswered. many of the people who came out and spoke against him have recanted their testimony. there was even an issue that another man on the scene had admitted to being the one who pulled the trigger, and when we ge

the great muhammad ali, the singer yousef islam, cyndi sheehan and noble laureates, archbishop desmond tutu remember you stood by us. there were also u.s. government officials who worked for our release. and some of them found creative ways to try and lessen the tension between the u.s. and iran. consular officials at the state department supported our families throughout. our members of congress spoke up for us. publicly and privately. and ambassador richard smear, his wife sandy and the staff of the u.s. embassy in oman were most gracious with their time and hospitality, twice now. they have our gratitude for their support and kindness. the sympathy and support of many muslim and other religious leaders in america, the iranian people and elements within the iranian government that worked for our freedom were also all invaluable. thank you. finally, we want to thank the media in the united states and around the world for keeping our case in the public eye. it means a lot to us. and now that we are home, we know you will give us the time we need to reconnect with our families and rebuild ou

former president jimmy carter and administrator bishop desmond tutu. >>> imagine this.ounds and stand only 5'1". so small that people need to stack dictionaries just so you can climb into a chair and in this case it is the electric chair. that's exactly what happened to george junius stinney jr., a boy of that description when he was put to death in 1944 became the youngest person ever executed in the u.s. and as it turns out, he may not only have been innocent but coerced into confessing to a double murder of two young white girls for an ice cream cone. associate professor at columbia university and host of "our world 37 gts mark good to see. when you reviewed details of this case, what is your reaction? >> this is -- most horrific miscarriage of justice i ever heard of. first of all, just the brutality of having a 14-year-old boy, 95 pounds, as you mentioned, executed, having to stack books on a chair to reach street electric chair is disgusting. when you look at the actual evidence there is no physical evidence he committed this murder. there's no evidence at all he

testimony, got members of congress questioning the conviction, former president carter questioning it, desmond tutuvolved. now reverend raphael warnock, pastor of ebenezer baptist. the parole board is hearing this case monday. you'll be testifying, explaining why troy davis' life should be spared. why? >> that's correct. i will be in the clemency hearing on monday. and let me say right at the outset that as a pastor i can only begin to imagine the pain that the macphail family must be feeling. here is a young man who at the age of 28 was out there defending the community, a hero by any account, who tragically lost his life on that day. there's no pain greater than when nature is reversed and rather than the child burying the parent, the parent has to bury the child. all of that notwithstanding, troy davis should not be executed. there's entirely too much doubt in this case, and the justice that the macphail family deserves will not be served by executing troy davis. >> now, are you going as far as saying, you personally here -- others may have their opinion -- should he be freed? or you're just say

they include actor sean penn, great ali, noaam chom sky and desmond tutu.ll always remember who stood by us. they were also u.s. government officials who worked for our release and some of them found creative ways to try to lessen the tension between the u.s. and iran. counselor consular officials supported us throughout. members of congrs spoke up. ambassador richard shear and the staff at the embassy of oman were quite gracious with their hospitality. they have our gratitude. the sympathy and muslims and other religions us on leaders in america, iranian people and elements within the iranian government that worked for our freedom were also invaluable. thank you. finally we want to thank the media in the united states and around the world for keeping our case in public eye. it means a lot to us. now that we are at home, we know you will give us the time to give us time to be with our families and rebuild our lives. when sara was about to walk oust prison last year, we said none of us would be free entirely until all of us were free. that moment is now than

. >> i mentioned desmond tutu, former president carter, amnesty international, naacp have been fightinghe family of the officer killed and a lot of officers with that police department have stood by it and said we believe that troy davis is the person who killed this officer, but ma'am, i guess what do you say to those folks? no doubt in your mind, that your brother is innocent. a lot of people still want this day to come, your brother's execution day. >> yes, sir. like i said, we believe in my brother's innocence. thousands and thousands of people all over the world. the case of troy anthony davis has brought people together of different ethnicities. he has brought people together all over the world. different people fighting for his innocence, different people that believe in him. we've had people that have said that they didn't think that there was a god. but after his first, second, third execution, they said god must be on your side. it's just thousands and thousands of people all over the world that have joined together in this fight. it is not just about a fight for troy davis. i

that's exactly right, as well as archbishop desmond tutu all weighing in and all saying, stop, don't do it. let me just give you a flavor of the international news headlines. this is the international business times and they say troy davis execution a miscarriage of justice based on racial discrimination. now, this goes on to say troy davis' execution has been hailed as a miscarriage of justice and, yet, another illustration of racial discrimination, but despite calls from activists, politicians and even religious figures, the u.s. state of georgia went ahead and executed the young man, even though doubts over his 1991 murder conviction that saw him become a symbol for global efforts to end the death penalty. take a look at "the guardian." troy davis and the state of american justice. that's the headline. it says while the calls for troy davis' reprieve poured into georgia from all over the country and the world, the likelihood is that a minority of those callers spoke while the call s reacted more than the mot famous named person who picked up the phone today. >> zane vergery out of

the pope, archbishop desmond tutu, former president jimmy carter and more than 50 members ever congressded their voices to calls for mercy, because of questions about the evidence in the case. now, if clemency is denied, troy davis is set to be executed by lethal injection on wednesday. our david mattingly is outside the parole board meeting in atlanta. david, first of all, there's a lot of attention that's being paid to this particular case. we know that time is running out here. seven of nine witnesses have recanted their testimony against davis, but he's never won any appeals. do you think that clemency is even likely? >> reporter: well, this is an extraordinary case, and what his supporter, looking at is the fact that even though he was denied clemency back in 2008 by this very same board, there are now three new board members sitting there hearing this case for the first time. so they're hoping that the presentation of their arguments regarding what they say is a lack of evidence and the people who recanted their testimony, they're hoping that fresh ears and fresh eyes looking at t