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Clemency in Ohio

By Steve Hall

"Governor grants clemency to 78, none on death row," is Julie Carr Smyth's AP report via the Akron Beacon Journal.Ted Strickland on Monday granted clemency to 78 inmates, none on death row, after a painstaking review of three years of requests extending into his predecessor's term. Sixty-eight people, most of whom had already served their time, were granted pardons. Sentences for 10 people were commuted; most of them are still behind bars and expecting release.Among those receiving commutations is a Toledo gang member, Willie Knighten Jr., whose judge openly expressed second thoughts about his conviction. Knighten, 37, had written more than 100 letters to authorities insisting on his innocence since he was convicted of murder in 1996...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on November 24, 2009 (boomark / email).