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Monday, 17 September 2007
CAMPAIGNERS fighting to free death row Scot Kenny Richey have started a petition to change the venue of his retrial.
Richey, 43, is expected to be moved off death row by the end of the week as he prepares to return to court, after Putnam County Prosecutor Gary Lammers agreed to a retrial.
Ohio Judge Randall Basinger, who tried the original case as a prosecutor, has already asked that a different judge be appointed to Richey's retrial because of his previous involvement.
Despite this, campaigners feel that Richey will not receive a fair trial in Ohio, due to the strength of feeling surrounding the case, and have now started an online petition to have the venue changed. .
Richey, who was born and brought up in Edinburgh, has been on death row since 1987, when he was convicted of aggravated murder over the death of two-year-old Cynthia Collins in an apartment fire in 1986.
He has always maintained his innocence. Last month the US Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned his conviction based on inadequate representation by attorneys at his 1987 trial. A date has yet to be set for the retrial.
"Kenny Richey Retrial: Change Of Venue Requested"
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/KennyRicheyRetrial
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