Georgia Parole Board Denies Clemency For Troy Davis (Elijah West)

Solana Plains (R) escorts a distraught Elijah West, cousin of Troy Davis, out of the Towaliga County Line Baptist Church that is across from the Jackson State Prison for the planned execution of inmate Troy Davis on September 21, 2011 in Jackson, Georgia. The Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles denied clemency for death row inmate Troy Davis on Tuesday morning. Davis is scheduled for execution at 7pm on Wednesday, September 21, 2011 for the 1989 slaying of off-duty Savannah, Ga., police officer Mark MacPhail. Controversy over Davis' guilt has drawn national attention to the case.