Davis was executed for alleged murder of a police officer, Mark MacPhail, who was found earlier in 1989 had been shot and killed outside a Burger King restaurant in Savannah, Georgia, when about to help a homeless man who was beaten.
MacPhail family claimed Davis was convicted of murdering his son.
The case was sticking out and sparked huge protests, online petitions and even lead to the accumulation of nearly one million signatures, due to doubts expressed in some quarters about Davis, who claimed not to kill.
For the record, seven of nine witnesses have changed or retract his testimony. Some others even claim to be forced by police to testify against Davis. Are some people judge if the other person who committed the crime.
No physical evidence, linked Davis killed MacPhail.
Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the prison in Georgia was cheered briefly when it was reported that the execution was postponed.
Prison spokeswoman, Kristen Stancil reported that the execution was delayed for more than four hours, because of the pending U.S. Supreme Court appeal.
But the crowd began to decrease, as the night wore on. Finally, most of Davis supporters disperse, when the execution was announced.
Davis was sentenced to death by lethal injection on Thursday (22 / 9) at around 11:08 local time.
Until death, Davis remains pleaded not guilty, according to a number of journalists who witnessed the execution.
"The incident that night was not my fault. I do not have guns," Davis said, as quoted by Rhonda Cook of the newspaper Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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