mr. davis's case and mr. buck's case and countless other cases have demonstrated is that the death penalty is not applied, is not issued, is not rigorously looked at in a fair and even- handed way. and the barriers to that fairness, prosecutorial misconduct, police misconduct, abuse of discretion by prosecutors and judges and racial discrimination as well as discrimination in terms of poverty and resources have really undermined the fundamental fairness i think we can all demand from our criminal justice system snarls charles simpson, he mentioned fairness. does that change the nature of this debate or is this the debate we've been having for a while? >> we've been having this debate, gwen, and polling this issue since 1936. support for the death penalty has been universally high. recently 64% of americans in the latest gallup poll support the use of the death penalty. i agree with my friend vince in the sense that when a state-- and 4 states have the death penalty-- decides to offer the ultimate penalty for

mrs. davis: -- mr. davis: mr. speaker, i'd like to inquire from the gentleman if he's prepared to close. mr. doggett: i believe i have an additional speaker. the gentleman from michigan, mr. levin, for such time as he -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kentucky has got the time. mr. davis: mr. speaker, i'll reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from texas. mr. doggett: mr. speaker, i would yield two minutes to the gentleman from washington state, former chair of this subcommittee, mr. mcdermott. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. mcdermott: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to say just a few words. obviously i support the extension of the tanf, but i think that there is really -- we've been extending it one year at a time, one year at a time, one year at a time for sometime. there really is a need to relook at the whole concept of what this -- this safety net really needs to be. we wiped out welfare as we know it as was the phrase in

mr. davis was due to be executed at 7:00 p.m. am i right to assume he had eaten his last meal, he was prepared and taken down to the place where he would be executed? >> reporter: he has, martin. and we haven't gotten confirmation from that. as you can imagine, the georgia department of corrections went through the process as this was going to move ahead. there's been some type of stay or delay at this point. i shouldn't use the word stay. there's been a delay in the execution. the georgia department of corrections right now is just waiting to hear from the u.s. supreme court and we understand that he did decline, troy davis did decline when offered th his faly today from 9:00 to 3:00 p.m. family and friends. he declined that choice for a last meal. instead, he had the prison standard, as they call it, of a cheeseburger, baked beans and potato potatoes. martin? >> thanh, stay with us. we'll be back with you later in the program. joining me now, nbc news justice correspondent, pete williams. an

supervisor campos: mr. davis, good morning. >> good morning, commissioners. our meeting took place last week and i it -- as a result there were three, $270,000, so they can to work at union square. passed by, seven-one, with one abstention, the discussion for the meeting was around community involvement as put into the planning. the other item on the agenda was the central subway. this was the first time we had passed anything regarding the central subway. the discussion on that was very focused on the risk management issues and the assumptions that the mta was making about the central subway project. i believe we have something coming up on the agenda. the last one, if you look just look, i think that it was the -- excuse me -- signals, right? that is right, officials. we discussed it more from a community perspective. what were the priorities in the right order? and should that be higher on the list? that was a big concern with prioritized projects around signals. three items on the agenda. one of them, the adoption of priorities for 2012. there are four pr

mr. davis was convicted almost two decades ago now.rcumstances that had no physical evidence but simply a great deal of eyewitness evidence. and an enormous proportion of those eyewitness vz recanted, seven of them have recanted. and so under those circumstances, there is simply too much doubt to take someone's life. this is, as a representative from amnesty was just saying, absolutely an international human rights violation question. >> when you talk about the fact there was too much doubt, you go over some of points talking about these witnesses backing off their testimony, also saying that others who did not testify say that another man at the scene admitted to this shooting. how do you explain the pardons board's decision based on those details? we know there are a lot more. this has been a back-and-forth going on for some time. >> this has been going on for decades left's be clear. one of the things that happens in these cases is that the family of the victim in this case is very certain of mr. davis' guilt and very much would lik

mr. davis sentenced to death after a trial in 1991. since that trial, seven of the nine witnesses who claimed to have seen troy davis shoot officer macphail have recanted their testimony. seven of the nine. three of the jurors in the case now say they would not have voted to convict him if they knew then what they know now. 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 r

i have supported mr. davissure you will agree, the family of this policeman deserves justice, just like mr. davis does, but giving the family of this policeman justice is not making the wrong person pay for the killing of their loved one. >> no, that's simply makes a very bad and tragic situation even more tragic, reverend. >> thank you, former congressman bob board. thank you for your time. we'll be staying on this story through next monday. up next, john mccain's exit strategy for iraq -- stay longer and with more troops. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] one-hundred-nineteen data points. this is what we can gather from an ordinary crash test dummy. two million data points. this is what we can gather from a lexus crash test genius. [ engine revving ] when you pursue industry-leading safety, you don't just engineer breakthroughs in simulation technology, you engineer amazing. ♪ they're making him triple double. why? this! new triple double oreo. ♪ yo stufy, come here! [ shoes squeaking ] looked better on

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how long have you been involved in studying the case for mr. davis? >> five, six years now. >> what was your immediate interest, and when did you make this judgment of innocence? >> we saw, there was eyewitnesss to this incident that were taken back to the crime scene, brought all together, a re-enactment was performed. one witness came in and told everyone else where they were, what she saw. the eyewitness evidence in this case, based on everything that you we know from the psychology and the hard data was fraught with risk. then, after that, there the subject of the latest appeal. now, it turns out that there was forensic evidence. a bullet that was recovered from officer mcfael. they both came from the same gun. the georgia bureau of investigation said that evidence is unreliable, there is no evidence that bullets came from the same gun. one of the jurors testified in front of the board saying she is a supporter of the death penalty, said she would never have voted to execute mr. davis, if she would have known they were fired from the same gun. you

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mark macphail was sitting in the front row and he was looking at -- mark was looking at mr. davis entire time, it seemed. and once he was declared dead, we were ushered out. >> how would you describe the mood? >> somber. how else? it was just a somber, somber, somber event. we were all waiting for about four, four and a half hours in the prison with no -- no details on what was happening. and then when we were ushered into the the prison itself, we knew that -- we assumed at least that the supreme court had rejected his final appeal. >> [ inaudible ]. >> were there any family members present? >> we saw two. one named mark macphail. >> he maintained his innocence until the very end? >> no mark macphail leaned forward through the whole process and his uncle, william macphail, sat back and neither seemed to move at all. >> they spent the entire time just staring at troy davis, never turned their heads, never did anything but stare ahead. then when it was over, as they were leaving, they hugged somebody and they seemed to smile about it. so for the macphail family, at least, they seem

mark macphail was sitting in the front row and he was looking at -- mark was looking at mr. davisire time, it seemed. and once he was declared dead, we were ushered out. >> how would you describe the mood? >> somber. how else? it was just a somber, somber, somber event. we were all waiting for about four, four and a half hours in the prison with no -- no details on what was happening. and then when we were ushered into the the prison itself, we knew that -- we assumed at least that the supreme court had rejected his final appeal. [ inaudible ]. >> no mark macphail leaned forward through the whole process and his uncle, william macphail, sat back and neither seemed to move at all. >> they spent the entire time just staring at troy davis, never turned their heads, never did anything but stare ahead. then when it was over, as they were leaving, they hugged somebody and they seemed to smile about it. so for the macphail family, at least, they seemed to get some satisfaction from what happened. >> who was there from the macphail family? >> pardon? >> who was there again? >> mark macpha

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mrs. davis: thank you, mr. speaker. i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 2 printed in part a of house report 112-200 offered by mrs. davis of california. the chair: prupet to house resolution 392, the gentlewoman from california, mrs. davis, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from california, mrs. davis. mrs. davis: this amendment finds innovative ways to improve the education. given the state of the economy we need to encourage economic and job growth wherever possible. the best way to compete to stay on the cutting edge is to build a work force that can compete against the best and the brightest in the world. we need schools to find new and innovative ways to teach our students. particularly in the key subjects of math, science and engineering. one example of an innovative school is the high tech charter school in san diego which has a goal of bringing highly skilled employees into the work force. with the support of tech

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mr. davis: mr. chairman, i rise this morning to pay tribute to a great american who lives in the state of illinois, who represented it and the country well. senator charles percy. i was a young school teacher comminet activist and i also was an individual who interacted with lots of people who were very sin -- cynical about government, politics, whether or not there was any potential for change. and so we had an opportunity to see in action one of the most forceful individuals in public life. one that you didn't describe necessarily as a democrat or republican. you didn't characterize them as a conservative or a liberal. you really thought of senator percy as simply a good, solid united states senator who represented well not only his constituents but who provided leadership for the nation and the country. i think i remember that kind of town hall meetings because senator percy would hold those. and although he was a republican by political stripe and many of the people where i lived and interacted

i thank the gentlelady and i yield to the gentleman from illinois mr. davis for five minutes. we have more than enough time for your questions. >> mr. chairman let me tanker you in the ranking member for holding this hearing. i also want to thank are witnesses for their expertise in this arena and also for the tremendous services that they have all provided to the country and continue to do so. i think all of us can reflect on september the 11th, 2001. i happen to have been in tel aviv, israel at the moment and of course we were there for a week because we couldn't leave. i have had the opportunity to reflect upon the tremendous impact not only to our country and our way of life but what has happened internationally around the world. i am also reminded and i am pleased that the last few minutes we have had some discussion of budgets, of priorities, of the economy and its impact and i am always reminded of something that frederick douglass said when we talk about what we need and what we want. he would often say that you can't have the rain without the thunder and the lightning.

in response to mr. davis, you said you didn't know anything or wanted to get involved in any individual payments to people; is that right? >> no. i wasn't involved in any negotiation or conversations about mr. goodman's -- >> why are you making a payment at all? >> i didn't put any question. i'm just trying to put the record straight from my point of view about my lack of involvement in any negotiation or conversation regarding what payments mr. goodman received. >> still, the transaction happened as i understand it. the only question you said i posed was why you were making any payment at all and what i'm trying to say, who did you impose that question to? >> i think the question that i posed at the beginning was, i felt that it was a pretty extraordinary sequence of events that a man who had pleaded guilty and served a prison sentence then had the opportunity to appeal against his dismissal. and as i said, i'm not an employment expert but i just found that quite extraordinary but, of course, he had every ri

mark macphail was sitting in the front row and mark was looking at mr. davis the entire time, it seems. once he was declared dead, we were ushered out. >> how would you describe the mood? >> somber, how olympics? it was just a somber somber event. we were all waiting 4, 4 1/2 hours in the prison with no details on what was happening. when we were ushered into the prison itself, we knew that -- we assumed at least the supreme court had rejected his final appeal. >> we saw two. the officer's brother, his name was william -- mark macphail jr. >> he maintained his innocence until the end? >> no. mark macphail leaned forward through the whole process. his uncle, william macphail, sat back and neither seemed to move at all. >> they spent the entire time just staring at troy davis, never turned their heads, never did anything but stare ahead. then, when it was over, as they were leaving, they hugged somebody and seemed to smile about it. the macphail family, at least, they seemed to get some sat faction from what happened. >> who was there from -- >> pardon? >> who w

mark mcfail was sitting in the front row and he was looking at -- mark was looking at mr. davis the entire time, it seemed. and once he was declared dead we were ushered out. >> how would you describe the mood? >> somber. how else? it was just a somber event. we were all waiting for about 4 1/2 hours in the prison with no details on what was happening. and then when we were ushered into the prison itself we knew that -- we assumed at least the supreme court had rejected his final appeal. >> [ inaudible ] >> his brother named william and-mark mcfail jr. >> no. mark mcfail leaned forward through the whole process and his uncle, william mcfail sat back. neither seemed to move at all. >> they spent the entire time just staring at troy davis, never turned their heads, never did anything but stare ahead. then when it was over, as they were leaving they hugged somebody and they seemed to smile about it. so the mcfail family, at least, they seemed to get some satisfaction from what happened. >> what was there from the mcfail family? >> pardon? >> who was there? >> mark mcfail jr., his s

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there was far too much doubt to execute mr. davis.e proven. that this can and will happen again. joining me is barry sheck, who has pushed for states to examine the reliability of eyewitness accounts. in fact, innocence project, you came out with this graph showing that of cases that had been dealt with with dna studies, % 75% -- also involved witness misidentification. >> yes, and reverend, we have a whole program, new jersey supreme court just issued a brand-new ruling laying out a new way for courts to examine eyewitness identification procedures. we have police practices in place that can reduce mistaken we've got it in north carolina and holy hole. >> i have to tell you reverend, and i thank you for the leadership you have been showing that troy davis did not die in vain. as joel hill said, don't mourn, organize. we can see that capital punishment, opposition is no longer the third rail to american politics. it was repealed in new jersey. >> i want to show you something. you testified in new jersey, very instrumental there, as ea