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Ohio Governor Still Considering Clemency Recommendation

By Steve Hall

"Strickland remains undecided on fate of killer Getsy," is the title of Marc Kovac's Youngstown Vindicator report.Gov. Ted Strickland still has not decided whether to grant clemency to Jason Getsy, the convicted murderer sentenced to die by lethal injection next week.?I have spent a little time talking to my legal counsel, but I have not ... spent the kind of time that I need to spend in studying the results of the investigation that has been undertaken by my staff,? he said. ?I will not do that today, but I will do that this week certainly.?He added, ?I don?t know that I?ll have an answer by the end of the week, but before the end of this week, I?m going to set aside time to study the reports.?Getsy, 33, is scheduled for execution Tuesday and will be moved from the Ohio State Penitentiary near Youngstown to the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville...continue to full post

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