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The Oklahoman reports, "Governor spares 2nd killer's life."For the second time in his five years in office, Gov. Brad Henry granted clemency for a man on death row. Henry approved clemency for Kevin Young, who was sentenced to death on a first-degree murder conviction in connection with a May 1996 robbery at a northeastern Oklahoma City steak house. Young, 43, will now serve life in prison without the possibility of parole for the death of Joseph Sutton, 56. Henry last granted clemency in 2004 for Osbaldo Torres, a Mexican national on death row.And:In testimony presented at the board's clemency hearing, Young's attorneys argued the shooting was not premeditated and did not merit a capital sentence. They said their client turned down a plea agreement in his original trial that would have given him a life sentence...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on July 25, 2008 (boomark / email).