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Ohio Prosecutors Seeking Life Without Parole Instead of Death Penalty

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That's the title of an article by the Canadian Press via Google News.  LINKOn the surface, Laqwan Scandrick seemed a perfect candidate for a charge carrying the possibility of a death sentence - he shot a man to death during a robbery in Springfield in 2006. Under Ohio law, committing a homicide during an aggravated robbery is one of several elements allowing the state to seek capital punishment. Clark County Prosecutor Stephen Schumaker, however, took advantage of a new law that allows prosecutors to seek the second-toughest punishment available for aggravated murders - life with no chance of parole - without first seeking a death sentence. Previously, the sentence was an option only for jurors weighing an alternative to a death sentence...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on July 15, 2008 (boomark / email).

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