have a gun that night. I did not shoot your family member. But I am so sorry for your loss. I really am—sincerely. All I can ask is that each of you look deeper into this case, so that you really will finally see the truth. I ask my family and friends that you all continue to pray, that you all continue to forgive. Continue to fight this fight. For those about to take my life, may God have mercy on all of your souls. God bless you all. He was declared dead at 11:08 pm EDT. Twitter recorded 7,671 tweets per second in the moments before word of Davis's execution, making his death the second-most-active Twitter event in 2011. His funeral was attended by more than 1,000 people in Savannah, Georgia, on October 1, 2011. In popular culture The second episode of the second season of The Newsroom included substantial discussion of the Troy Davis case, with the character Don Keefer (Thomas Sadoski) wanting to use their network's platform to advocate for Davis's clemency. On the second anniversary of Davis's execution, Haymarket Books released I Am Troy Davis, a book co-authored by human rights activist Jen Marlowe, and Davis's sister, Martina Davis-Correia, with the participation of Troy Davis himself. On the fourth anniversary of Davis's execution, Gautam Narula released Remain Free, a memoir about his close friendship with Davis featuring hundreds of recorded conversations that took place during Davis's final three years on death row. The book won the 2016 Georgia Author of the Year Award. Narula recorded a 12-minute spoken version of his story called "Coming of Age on Death Row" which was broadcast on The Moth Radio Hour on June 26, 2018. 'Beyond Reasonable Doubt: The Troy Davis Project', a play written by Lee Nowell, premiered at Synchronicity Theatre in Atlanta, GA on April 8, 2016. Talib Kweli in his 2013 release "It Only Gets Better", off his album Prisoner of Conscious shouts R.I.P. Troy Davis. Hip hop band Flobots mentions Davis in their song "Sides": "Five for the name on the grave, Troy Davis". Hip hop band Public Enemy names Davis in their song "I Shall Not Be Moved" on their 2012 album Most of My Heroes Still Don't Appear on No Stamp. Rapper Kinetics, in his song "I Am a Computer", raps "Every verse poorly executed, Troy Davis". Dutch Rock band Paceshifters has a song