The US state of Georgia went ahead and executed Troy Davis despite doubts over his 1991 murder conviction that made him a poster child for global efforts to end the death penalty.
Former US president Jimmy Carter, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Pope Benedict XVI had all weighed in on his behalf in a racially charged case that spanned two decades, becoming a cause celebre for death penalty opponents.
In dramatic scenes at the prison near Jackson Wednesday, hundreds of protesters bearing placards thought Davis had earned an 11th hour reprieve from the US Supreme Court and erupted in cheers only to have their hopes dashed.
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