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Commutation in Ohio

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Ohio Governor Ted Strickland commuted the death sentence of Jeffrey Hill yesterday, acting on a unanimous recommendation of the state's parole board.  The governor's statement is here.  An excerpt:On February 6, 2009, the Ohio Parole Board unanimously recommended that Mr. Hill be granted a commutation of his death sentence to a sentence of from 25 years to life.  The Parole Board cited five basic reasons for its recommendation:  the views of the victim?s family, the lack of adequate representation by counsel at Mr. Hill?s sentencing, the remorse demonstrated by Mr. Hill regarding his actions, the lack of proportionality of the sentence of death in this case when compared with similar murder cases, and the expressed views of two justices of the Ohio Supreme Court which reviewed this case on appeal...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 13, 2009 (boomark / email).