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Clemency Recommendation in Ohio

By Steve Hall

"Board: Spare killer?s life," is Christopher Bobby's report for the Saturday edition of the Warren Tribune Chronicle.Within an hour of the Ohio Parole Board recommending clemency for Trumbull County death row inmate Jason Getsy Friday, Trumbull Prosecutor Dennis Watkins was drafting a letter to Gov. Ted Strickland asking him to set aside the recommendation.''I sense a major shift in policy by the parole board, and it's a slap in the face to the jury, judge and all the (appellate) courts that have heard his case. He was sentenced to die,'' Watkins said. ''Is this parole board becoming some kind of super court?''In a 5-2 vote the board is recommending that Getsy serve a prison sentence of life with no chance of parole rather than go through with an execution set for Aug...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on July 20, 2009 (boomark / email).