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Slideshow: Protesters seek justice for Troy Davis

by Angelica Razack | September 20, 2011 at 9:15 AM
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Protesters hold signs in support of death row inmate Troy Davis outside the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles hearing in Atlanta, on Monday, Sept. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/David Tulis)

Protesters hold signs in support of death row inmate Troy Davis outside the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles hearing in Atlanta, on Monday, Sept. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/David Tulis)

The Rev. Mandy Brady, left, joins the Rev. Debbie Shew, center, and the ACLU’s James Clark outside the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles hearing in Atlanta, on Monday, Sept. 19, 2011, at a protest for death row inmate Troy Davis. Davis is scheduled to be executed on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011, for the 1989 slaying of an off-duty Savannah police officer. (AP Photo/David Tulis)

The Rev. Mandy Brady, left, joins the Rev. Debbie Shew, center, and the ACLU’s James Clark outside the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles hearing in Atlanta, on Monday, Sept. 19, 2011, at a protest for death row inmate Troy Davis. Davis is scheduled to be executed on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011, for the 1989 slaying of an off-duty Savannah police officer. (AP Photo/David Tulis)

Protesters hold hands to sing, “We Shall Overcome,” outside the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles hearing in Atlanta, on Monday, Sept. 19, 2011, for death row inmate Troy Davis. Davis is scheduled to die on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011, for the 1989 slaying of an off-duty Savannah police officer. (AP Photo/David Tulis)

Protesters hold hands to sing, “We Shall Overcome,” outside the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles hearing in Atlanta, on Monday, Sept. 19, 2011, for death row inmate Troy Davis. Davis is scheduled to die on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011, for the 1989 slaying of an off-duty Savannah police officer. (AP Photo/David Tulis)

With the Georgia Capitol in the background, protesters hold hands for the song, “We Shall Overcome,” outside the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles hearing for death row inmate Troy Davis in Atlanta, on Monday, Sept. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/David Tulis)

With the Georgia Capitol in the background, protesters hold hands for the song, “We Shall Overcome,” outside the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles hearing for death row inmate Troy Davis in Atlanta, on Monday, Sept. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/David Tulis)

Protesters gather outside the building where Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles members are holding a hearing for death row inmate Troy Davis, in Atlanta, on Monday, Sept. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/David Tulis)

Protesters gather outside the building where Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles members are holding a hearing for death row inmate Troy Davis, in Atlanta, on Monday, Sept. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/David Tulis)

Amnesty International activists demonstrate outside the U.S. Embassy in support of death row inmate Troy Davis, Rome, Friday, Sept. 16, 2011. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Amnesty International activists demonstrate outside the U.S. Embassy in support of death row inmate Troy Davis, Rome, Friday, Sept. 16, 2011. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

An Amnesty International activist demonstrates outside the U.S. Embassy in support of death row inmate Troy Davis, Rome, Friday, Sept. 16, 2011. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

An Amnesty International activist demonstrates outside the U.S. Embassy in support of death row inmate Troy Davis, Rome, Friday, Sept. 16, 2011. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Activists hold Amnesty International placards reading “Troy Davis, there is still time to stay his execution” during a demonstration in support of Georgia death row inmate Troy Davis, in Paris, Friday, Sept. 16, 2011. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Activists hold Amnesty International placards reading “Troy Davis, there is still time to stay his execution” during a demonstration in support of Georgia death row inmate Troy Davis, in Paris, Friday, Sept. 16, 2011. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Amnesty International activists demonstrate outside the U.S. Embassy in support of death row inmate Troy Davis, Rome, Friday, Sept. 16, 2011. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Amnesty International activists demonstrate outside the U.S. Embassy in support of death row inmate Troy Davis, Rome, Friday, Sept. 16, 2011. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

The Rev. Al Sharpton speaks to a standing-room only crowd during a prayer service at Ebenezer Baptist Church in support of death row inmate Troy Davis, shown in the poster next to Sharpton, after a march from downtown Atlanta to the church on Friday, Sept. 16, 2011. (AP Photo/David Tulis)

The Rev. Al Sharpton speaks to a standing-room only crowd during a prayer service at Ebenezer Baptist Church in support of death row inmate Troy Davis, shown in the poster next to Sharpton, after a march from downtown Atlanta to the church on Friday, Sept. 16, 2011. (AP Photo/David Tulis)

Gail Crouch plays a fiddle as protesters gather outside a clemency hearing for Troy Anthony Davis across from the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta on Monday, Sept. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal & Constitution, Curtis Compton)

Gail Crouch plays a fiddle as protesters gather outside a clemency hearing for Troy Anthony Davis across from the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta on Monday, Sept. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal & Constitution, Curtis Compton)

Protester Jason Ebinger removes a sign from outside the building where members of the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles are meeting to hear the case of death row inmate Troy Davis, Monday, Sept. 19, 2011, in Atlanta. Davis is scheduled to be executed on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011, for the 1989 murder of off-duty Savannah police officer Mark MacPhail. (AP Photo/David Tulis)

Protester Jason Ebinger removes a sign from outside the building where members of the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles are meeting to hear the case of death row inmate Troy Davis, Monday, Sept. 19, 2011, in Atlanta. Davis is scheduled to be executed on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011, for the 1989 murder of off-duty Savannah police officer Mark MacPhail. (AP Photo/David Tulis)

About 500 marchers, led by Martin Luther King III, center, Larry Cox, Executive Director Amnesty International USA, right, and Georgia NAACP President Ed DuBose, second left, walk past Ebenezer Baptist Church, the spiritual home of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., in support of Georgia death row inmate Troy Davis on Friday, Sept. 16, 2011 in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Tulis)

About 500 marchers, led by Martin Luther King III, center, Larry Cox, Executive Director Amnesty International USA, right, and Georgia NAACP President Ed DuBose, second left, walk past Ebenezer Baptist Church, the spiritual home of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., in support of Georgia death row inmate Troy Davis on Friday, Sept. 16, 2011 in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Tulis)

About 500 marchers walk from downtown Atlanta’s Woodruff Park to Ebenezer Baptist Church, the spiritual home of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., in support of Georgia death row inmate Troy Davis on Friday, Sept. 16, 2011. (AP Photo/David Tulis)

About 500 marchers walk from downtown Atlanta’s Woodruff Park to Ebenezer Baptist Church, the spiritual home of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., in support of Georgia death row inmate Troy Davis on Friday, Sept. 16, 2011. (AP Photo/David Tulis)

Activists hold Amnesty International placards reading “Troy Davis, there is still time to stay his execution” during a demonstration in support of Georgia death row inmate Troy Davis, in Paris, Friday, Sept. 16, 2011. Georgia corrections officials have set a Sept. 21, 2011 execution date for Davis, for the 1989 murder of Savannah police officer Mark MacPhail. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Activists hold Amnesty International placards reading “Troy Davis, there is still time to stay his execution” during a demonstration in support of Georgia death row inmate Troy Davis, in Paris, Friday, Sept. 16, 2011. Georgia corrections officials have set a Sept. 21, 2011 execution date for Davis, for the 1989 murder of Savannah police officer Mark MacPhail. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Kim Davis, center, the sister of Georgia death row inmate Troy Davis, participates in a prayer service for her brother at Ebenezer Baptist Church after a march from downtown Atlanta to the church in support of Davis on Friday, Sept. 16, 2011. (AP Photo/David Tulis)

Kim Davis, center, the sister of Georgia death row inmate Troy Davis, participates in a prayer service for her brother at Ebenezer Baptist Church after a march from downtown Atlanta to the church in support of Davis on Friday, Sept. 16, 2011. (AP Photo/David Tulis)

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The Board of Pardons and Paroles in Atlanta, Georgia rejected a plea for clemency on Troy Davis’ execution, despite widespread support for his claim that he was wrongly convicted of killing Police Officer Mark MacPhail in 1989. Kim Davis, the inmate’s sister, declined to make comment on the decision. Davis will be executed on Wednesday by lethal injection. Here are images of protesters making their voices heard in defense of Davis.

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