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Ohio Parole Board Recommends No Clemency for Kevin Keith

By Steve Hall

The Ohio Parole Board recommendation is in Abode .pdf format. The initial AP report is, "Ohio board denies Kevin Keith's innocence claim," via the Marion Star.The Ohio Parole Board has rejected clemency for a condemned killer of three who says he's innocent in the 1994 shooting.The board on unanimously rejected the plea for mercy by Kevin Keith, saying no real new evidence was presented and that any reasonable person would conclude Keith is guilty.The board sent its recommendation to Gov. Ted Strickland, who has the final say.The Columbus Dispatch has posted, "Parole Board recommends execution for Bucyrus killer," by James Nash. A panel recommended today that Gov. Ted Strickland not spare the life of a man convicted of murdering three people in Bucyrus in 1994 in a case that has drawn national attention...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on August 19, 2010 (boomark / email).