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BY IRIS ZHANG

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Time is running out for Troy Davis. The inmate is scheduled to receive a lethal injection on Wednesday, Sept. 21, for the 1989 murder of a Georgia police officer. MSNBC looks into the controversy behind the case.

“Seven of the nine witnesses who testified against him have recanted their statements. One of those witnesses said quote ‘the truth is that troy never confessed to me or talked to me about the shooting of the police officer.’”

Davis’s future is now in the hands of Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles. The board’s five members will make the final decision on Monday. Here’s CNN.

“That same board failed to grant Davis clemency in this case back in 2008, but what we are looking at now, though, there are three new members on that board, and their votes could be enough to either delay or stop this execution.”

Thousands of people have joined protests and rallies, seeking to convince officials that they’ve got the wrong man. Al Jazeera reports.

“Advocates for Davis not only argue that there is ‘too much doubt’ to allow his execution, but they also say his case exemplifies a fundamental problem with the United States' use of capital punishment. Because he has been convicted, Davis is no longer considered innocent until proven guilty, but guilty until proven otherwise.”

Right now, more than 3,200 people are on death row in the United States. The New York Times looks into why the Davis case is center stage of the national debate.

“The answer...can be found in an amalgam of changing death penalty politics, concerns about cracks in the judicial system, the swift power of digital political organizing and, simply, a story with a strong narrative that caught the public’s attention.”

This is the fourth time in four years Davis’s execution date has been set.