Wullie Gage's case has finally been referred for appeal by the Scottish Criminal Case Review Commission, today 11 June 2009.Hoping that finally the truth and justice will prevail and Wullie can be reuninted with his family. My thoughts are with Wullie and his family at this time.

For further information on the case see below

Editor: Ken, as Chairman of Goodwin Procter's Products Liability & Mass Torts practice, you also find time to chair the firm's Pro Bono committee. What has led to your interest in pro bono?

Parsigian: After serving for five years as a volunteer at VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) I attended law school and then joined Goodwin. However, I retained my passion for community work and am grateful that I can continue it at Goodwin.

Editor: On May 1, 2008 you were awarded the John Minor Wisdom Public Service and Professionalism Award of the ABA. Please tell our readers about the origin of this award.

Parsigian: The ABA named its pro bono and professionalism award after John Minor Wisdom, a fifth circuit judge who was not only internationally respected for his jurisprudence but also for his dedication and commitment to public service.

Editor: Your pro bono service extends over a 22-year period. Could you recount the recent case of Kenneth Richey and its favorable outcome?

Governor Ted Strickland did NOT issue his statement on Dan Wilson's clemency today as we had expected.  This is quite unprecedented that an Ohio Governor has not made his statement yet, this close to an execution date!!!   

Folks---------------This gives us one LAST weekend to hit the Governor hard with our emails, phone calls and petition signing!!  PLEASE continue calls & messages -- multiple times over the weekend.  Let him HEAR our VOICES --- strongly and loudly!!

Dennis Skillicorn is scheduled to be executed in Missouri on 20 May. He was sentenced to death in 1996 for the murder of Richard Drummond in 1994.

On 23 August 1994, Richard Drummond stopped to help three men whose car had broken down just outside Kingdom City, Missouri. The three men, Allen Nicklasson, Tim DeGraffenreid and Dennis Skillicorn, had earlier burgled a house, and after they got into Richard Drummond's car, Allen Nicklasson pulled a gun on him. At gunpoint, Drummond drove his car to a secluded rural area, at which point Nicklasson led him into a field and shot him twice in the head. The body was found eight days later.

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A Dublin mother last night made an emotional plea for authorities to bring home her pregnant daughter who could face the death penalty in Laos.

Samantha Orobator’s heartbroken mother Jane wept as she appealed to have her four daughters reunited.

The 20-year-old Briton faces death by firing squad if convicted of drug smuggling. Her trial starts today.