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Oklahoma Governor Denies Clemency

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"Henry denies clemency for convicted killer," is the AP report via Bartlesville Live.Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry on Monday denied clemency for a Cleveland County man convicted in the 1995 beating death of an 8-year-old boy whose battered remains were found in an abandoned freezer.The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board voted 3-2 last month to recommend Henry commute the death sentence of 48-year-old Donald Lee Gilson to life in prison without parole.But after reviewing the case and interviewing attorneys for both sides, Henry said he decided the case did not merit a commutation."I take all clemency recommendations very seriously, and I gave this matter the thorough deliberation it deserved," Henry said in a statement. "At the end of my review, I decided that this case did not merit clemency and a commutation of the jury's sentence...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on May 12, 2009 (boomark / email).