FILE - This November 2005 file photo shows the death chamber at the Southern Ohio Corrections Facility in Lucasville, Ohio. Oklahoma, Ohio and Texas, the nation's busiest death penalty state, have switched to pentobarbital for lethal-injection. Other states are worried that switching could prove a drawn-out legal and regulatory process that could put more executions on hold. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)
NAACP state president Edward Dubose said at a rally Monday that execution is murder. State Sen. Vincent Fort has said he will file legislation to end capital punishment.
Dubose cited the case of Troy Davis, who was convicted of killing an off-duty policeman in Savannah and executed last year. Davis' case attracted worldwide attention amid claims from his supporters that Davis was innocent and that there was too much doubt for an execution.
Courts repeatedly upheld Davis' sentence and the late officer's family and prosecutors say they believe Davis was guilty.
Dubose criticized Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal for not doing more to stop the execution. By law, Deal cannot give a reprieve to death row inmates.
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