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Clemency in Oklahoma

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The Oklahoman reports, "Governor commutes inmate's death sentence."Gov. Brad Henry today approved clemency for death row inmate Kevin Young. The governor commuted his sentence to life without the possibility of parole as recommended by the state Pardon and Parole Board. Young, 43, was sentenced to death for a deadly May 1996 robbery. The governor last week granted a 30-day stay of execution so he could hear arguments for and against his death sentence. Young had been scheduled to die by lethal injection July 22. A new execution date had been set for Aug. 21. ?This was a very difficult decision and one that I did not take lightly,? Henry said. ?I am always reluctant to intervene in a capital case, and I am very respectful of a jury?s verdict, the prosecutors who tried the case and the victim?s family who suffered because of the crime...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on July 24, 2008 (boomark / email).