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Banners lined the police baracade around the vigilers and protesters.
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Hundreds packed the sidewalk outside of the prison.
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Rick Halperin (in black hood) and other Amnesty International leaders vigil in the crowds.
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Abe Bonowitz gives an interview with a reporter.
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North Carolina's Central Prison in the hours before Boyd's execution.
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Police guard the driveway entrance to the prison, and later arrest 17 protesters for entering the prison property.
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Father Mark Reamer, of a Raleigh Catholic church, speaks out during the vigil.
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Amnesty International volunteers light their candles.
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Sue Gunawardena-Vaughn, director of Amnesty International's Program to Abolish the Death Penalty.
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People bow heads in prayer.
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Rick Halperin, of Amnesty International, speaks out at the vigil after having flown in from Texas.
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Renny Cushing folds up his banners after being released from jail hours after Boyd's execution.
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Jack Payden-Travers, left, helps Renny Cushing pack up banners the next morning after both were released from jail for trying to stop the 1000th execution.
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