Troy Davis Executed in Georgia Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email People hold pictures of Troy Davis, who was sentenced to death in 1991, during a protest to denounce the death penalty in the United States, on July 02, 2008. ( MEHDI FEDOUACH/AFP/Getty Images / Getty ) Produced by PRI and WNYC