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More on the Kevin Keith Case

By Steve Hall

"Evidence of innocence: Kevin Keith sits on Ohio's death row as the eyewitness case against him continues to erode," is the title of an editorial in Akron Beacon Journal.  It appeared in Friday's edition.The successful prosecution of Kevin Keith relied heavily on the account of an eyewitness. Richard Warren testified in the Crawford County Common Pleas Court that Keith sprayed gunfire in a Bucyrus apartment, killing three people and wounding three others (including Warren). No forensic evidence conclusively linked Keith to the crime. He even had an alibi. So the Warren testimony proved critical in sending Keith to death row 16 years ago.Now that testimony has begun to fall apart, new attorneys for Keith uncovering fresh evidence since they joined the case three years ago...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on May 17, 2010 (boomark / email).