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Split Ohio parole board recommends clemency for next murderer in line for Ohio death chamber

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed in this local article, the "Ohio Parole Board said today that a Cincinnati man who killed his long-time girlfriend in an alcohol-induced rage should not be executed." Here are the details: By a 4-3 vote, the board recommended to Gov. Ted Strickland that he should grant clemency for Richard Nields, who turns 60 on Wednesday.  Nields is scheduled to be lethally injected on June 10 at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility near Lucasville. The four members of the board who voted to recommended clemency said they were concerned about faulty medical evidence in the case and also about judicial opinions indicating the Nields may not deserve the death penalty. The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the facts in the case "just barely get Nields over the death threshold...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on May 18, 2010 (boomark / email).