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Out-going Ohio Governor giving focused attention to clemency requests

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed in this local article, which is headlined "Gov. Strickland plans to decide on 1,200 clemency requests before leaving office," Ohio's out-going governor is planning to get through a huge pile of clemency petitions before he is out of his job.  Here are some details: Before leaving office Jan. 9, Gov. Ted Strickland said he hopes to make decisions on all 1,200 applications for clemency now piled on his desk. ?I?ve been working through them. I?ve been spending hours and hours and hours.  I spent about three hours this morning working on them,? Strickland said on Thursday. He said these days he is spending the majority of his time on the clemency applications and he expects to rule on a batch of clemency requests within a week or so...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on November 19, 2010 (boomark / email).