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News Coverage of Kevin Keith Commutation

By Steve Hall

Here's a roundup of the news coverage of yesterday's commutation of Kevin Keith's death sentence by Ohio Governor Ted Strickland.  The governor's statement is noted here. "Ohio?s Governor Spares Life of a Death Row Inmate," is the New York Times report by Bob Driehaus. A diverse group of Republicans and Democrats, attorneys general and federal and state judges and prosecutors had rallied around the case of the inmate, Kevin Keith, 46, after his lawyers uncovered evidence they say casts doubt on his guilt.In commuting the death sentence, Mr. Strickland, a Democrat, said that he believed it was still likely that Mr. Keith committed the murders, but that he was troubled by the likelihood that evidence uncovered since his conviction would not be presented to a court before the scheduled Sept...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on September 03, 2010 (boomark / email).