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Additional Coverage of Kevin Keith Commutation

By Steve Hall

There's been a great deal of commentary and follow-up on Ohio Governor Ted Strickland's commutation of Kevin Keith's death sentence last week."Keith decision should not be a political issue," is the title of a Mansfield News Journal editorial.Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland made a decision last week that will no doubt affect his campaign in coming months, but we urge political strategists to avoid using Kevin Keith as an election issue.The Canton Repository editorial is, "Strickland makes justifiable exception."Reasonable people can disagree, but the people in charge of the criminal justice system in Ohio usually don?t disagree when it comes to juries? verdicts and sentences in death-penalty cases. A justifiable exception occurred Thursday...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on September 07, 2010 (boomark / email).