Funeral of Troy davis

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More than 1,000 people attended the funeral service today for Troy Davis, the convicted murderer who was executed in Georgia last week despite emotional pleas for his life.
The funeral, held at Jonesville Baptist Church in Savannah, lasted for about 3.5 hours, and was open to public.
The eulogy was delivered by the Rev. Raphael Warnock of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Ga., who served as a spiritual adviser to Davis on death row.
Warnock said he hopes Davis' funeral will serve as wake-up call on the death penalty, and commended the Davis family for having the service open to the public.
"It's much to the Davis family's credit that they have been willing in the midst of their personal pain to see that we are talking about a larger, national moral crisis," Warnock told the AP Friday.
Other speakers, including NAACP president Benjamin Jealous, also called for the death penalty to be abolished.
"Troy's last words that night were he told us to keep fighting until his name is cleared in Georgia," said Jealous, according to The Associated Press. "But most important, keep fighting until the death penalty is abolished and this can never be done to anyone else."

more than 1000 people attended Troys funeral showing sympathy for his Family. he was wrongly executed and manyb believe that is was wrong because he was a black man being accused of klling a white policeman but hey his last words tell it all RIP Troy Davis.

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