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Oklahoma Governor Approves Third Capital Commutation

By Steve Hall

"Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry approves clemency recommendation," is the title of Michael McNutt's report in today's Oklahoman. An inmate on death row for 23 years who was scheduled to be executed earlier this year had his death penalty sentence commuted Wednesday to life without the possibility of parole. Gov. Brad Henry approved clemency for Richard Tandy Smith, 47, who was sentenced to death in 1986 for the shooting death of John Cederlund in Canadian County. The governor followed the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board?s recommendation. "I am always reluctant to intervene in a capital case, and I am very respectful of a jury?s verdict, the prosecutors who tried the case and the victim?s family who suffered because of the crime,? Henry said...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on May 20, 2010 (boomark / email).