>>host: what happened to troy a. davis at the end? >> ironically he was executed september 21st 2011. i feature his sister in the back part of the book who is a courageous soul and martina moved of opinion in choice favor i don't think people would have known about him if not for her heard -- herculean efforts and there was a drumbeat to try to save him. it culminated on the last day when it looks like the supreme court would grant him another reprieve. he had for execution dates in his lifetime imagine the psychological torture involved there but also -- ultimately they said no. his execution hour was pushed back about four hours and was executed at 11:00 p.m. >>host: what is the status of the death penalty in the west today? >> it is still viable and on the books but the federal death penalty is not used very much. the action to repeal or maintain the death penalty is taking place at the state level 17 states have repealed the death penalty. maryland is very close next week a bill will be introduced not only to abolish the death pena

troy davis? >> i hope he will become a milestone in the march toward the demise of the death penalty. i had a chance to talk with him and that many family members and i think he was truly a strong person i would call him like a buddha figure a man at peace with himself and who i believe was innocent and wrongfully executed and i dedicate the book to troy and his family to teach me about a fan courage. >>host: walk us through the case. >> 1989 troy is a teenager in savannah georgia and african-american and the murder takes place and the victim is not only the white but the off-duty police officer so you have that melodrama and he is in the wrong place at the wrong time but not the triggerman with all the evidence i can put together. his trial hinged online eyewitness identification seven of them recanted over his 20 years in prison. no saliva, and no blood or anything for dna dna, fingerprints or murder weapon. people who identified him said at the time of the crime they were investigating, they were coerced to sign confessions confessions, a couple could not even read. teenagers at th

a documentary we looked for 150,000. there was another kick starter company looking for 150,000. anyone here remember troy davis? troy davis was a cop killer from i think it was zpwea or texas or somewhere. georgia. and he was executed for that. and there was a huge campaign to not excute him. the pope got involved. he was executed. the people who were having the campaign around him also looked for 150,000 to make a documentary at the same time we did. you know what they got? they got $106. not $106,000. i think that tells you what the people of america really want in their documentaries. do they want the truth? but if you listen to the mainstream media you think everyone is obsessed with ending capital punishment. the actual truth when people are asked to pay for it is very different. and thank you, people. i'm sure there are a few executive producers here. yea. there's always one in every audience. two? any advance on two? no. one, two. ok. and you know one of the thing that is we love to talk about when we travel around the country is how exceptional -- we were talking to some people here , we're here on visas

but and he then tried to come to new troy davis rescue he had supporters of liberal and conservative wing and his letter to the parole board stated i am not a liberal i'm an accomplished prosecuting attorney and i thank you are about to make the same mistake that we made in texas. so i think there are attorneys delicate cases and said maybe i should not have gone in that direction but then do defense attorneys handle guilty parties? i am sure that brokers as well. when you try to take on the rule -- role is might job to do the best i can as though it is my life on the line it is not my job to be judge and jury. and if someone confesses you don't know they are telling the truth they could be covering up or maybe they were coerced or don't remember. both parties try to do the best they can play it given that every party in the system is human and humans make mistakes and those and that does wrongfully executed individuals. >>host: richard cpac author of "grave injustice" unearthing wrongful executions" published by a potomac books would is the average time from conviction to put death? >> there is the average time depending on jurisdiction an

an interesting aside, at the same time we were making a documentary, there was another campaign looking for $ 150,000. anyone here remember troy davis? from georgia or texas. for that. executed there was a huge campaign to not execute him. involved.got he was executed. the people were having to campaign -- they looked for $150,000 to make a documentary. they got $106. i think that tells you what the people of america really want in their documentary's. do they want the truth about fracking? media,to the mainstream you think everyone is obsessed with and in capital punishment and no one cares about the truth cares fracking. the actual truth is a very different. thank you, people. i am sure there are two executive producers here today. are there? >> there's always one. any advance on 2. one, two? one of the things we love to talk about when we travel run the country is how exceptional america is. we are here on visas. we are legal. apparently, that is a disadvantage we would like to stay permanently. we are constantly talking about how exceptional america is. if you ever wanted proof of it reno ifrom a down market n ireland. that's wh