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Groups deliver petitions for Troy Davis

By Lena Sullivan 09/16/2011 09:45:00

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Crowds: Thousands gathered in downtown Atlanta to protest the pending execution on Wednesday

ATLANTA -- Supporters of a high-profile death row inmate plan candlelight vigils and a march tonight to pressure the Georgia pardons board to grant him clemency.

Advocacy groups delivered boxes full of petitions to the board Thursday signed by more than 666,000 in support of Davis. He is set to be executed next week for the 1989 murder of an off-duty Savannah police officer, Mark MacPhail, in 1989.

Davis' attorneys say he is innocent of the charges. They say several witnesses have changed their testimony and others have accused another man of the crime.

His execution has been delayed three times since 2007 to allow courts more time to review his arguments. Each time judges have upheld his conviction and death sentence.

Marching army: Thousands gathered in Atlanta, Georgia, to protest the pending execution on Wednesday of Troy Davis, who they say was wrongly convicted of killing a Savannah police officer in 1989

Peace: Police officer Mark MacPhail MacPhail's mother Anneliese MacPhail remains convinced Davis is guilty

New York: Demonstrators gather near Times Square in Manhattan to protest the execution of Davis on Friday

Message: A woman holds a sign at a protest outside President Barack Obama's campaign headquarters in Chicago, one of 300 rallies held worldwide on Friday, ahead of a last-ditch parole board hearing for Davis