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Board advises Taft not to stop Clark execution

Thursday, 20 April 2006

Ohio Supreme Court rejects bid to delay penalty for 1984 murder

By JIM PROVANCE
BLADE COLUMBUS BUREAU

COLUMBUS - Drug addiction and a troubled childhood can't explain the brutal 1984 slaying of a 23-year-old Toledo man, the Ohio Parole Board said yesterday as it recommended that Gov. Bob Taft not stop the execution of Joseph Lewis Clark.

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Amnesty International UK:Press Release

Wednesday, 19 April 2006

EMBARGOED UNTIL: 0001 HRS GMT THURSDAY 20 APRIL 2006

ANNUAL DEATH PENALTY REPORT REVEALS 20,000 ON DEATH ROW WORLDWIDE

Execution numbers down in 2005, trend toward abolition continues

There are around 20,000 prisoners on death row around the world, said Amnesty International today (20 April), as it released its annual report on the global death penalty.

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Clemency for Jeff Hill Petition

Wednesday, 19 April 2006

http://www.petitiononline.com/jeffhill/petition.html

Please pass around

We, the undersigned, urge you, Governor Taft to commute the sentence of Mr. Jeffrey Hill. Mr. Hill is scheduled to be executed on June 15, 2006.

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Court Tosses Conviction In 1985 Slaying

Tuesday, 18 April 2006

CINCINNATI -- A federal appellate court has thrown out the conviction of a death row inmate in a 1985 murder.

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Cincinnati police improperly questioned Robert VanHook, violating his right to have an attorney present.

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Please write, Fax and Email Governor Taft

Tuesday, 18 April 2006

Asking that he commutes the death sentences of Joseph Clark who is due to die on 2 May 2006, and Jeff Hill who is due to die on 15th June 2006

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