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Kevin Keith's Clemency Hearing

By Steve Hall

Video from a news conference held by supporters of Kevin Keith is here.  Supporters also issued this news release.Amid growing concern that the State of Ohio may be on the verge of executing an innocent man, prominent individuals from Ohio and across the country today called on the Ohio Parole Board and Governor Ted Strickland to grant clemency to Kevin Keith. Mr. Keith is scheduled for execution on September 15, 2010, despite new overwhelming evidence of innocence that no court or jury has ever heard in its entirety. The new evidence shows that Mr. Keith was wrongfully convicted based on faulty and improperly influenced eyewitness identification...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on August 11, 2010 (boomark / email).