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Ohio Innocence Project Presses Death Row Case

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AP reporter Andrew Welsh-Huggins writes, "Condemned Ohio killer of 3 says he's innocent," via the Dayton Daily News.An organization devoted to freeing innocent inmates has gone to bat for a condemned Ohio killer, a rare move for a group better known for using DNA evidence to challenge convictions in non-death penalty cases.The Ohio Innocence Project says Kevin Keith did not kill three people, including a 7-year-old girl, and wound three others in a 1994 shooting in Bucyrus."This case gave me grave concerns," project director Mark Godsey said. "I feltwe should weigh in."The group, which has asked the Ohio Supreme Court to consider Keith's claim of innocence, generally steers clear of death penalty cases because inmates already have attorneys making their case...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on June 30, 2009 (boomark / email).