The Ohio Supreme Court has overturned the death sentence of a man who argued he cannot be executed because he is mentally retarded.

The high court ruled unanimously Wednesday in Columbus, Ohio, in favor of convicted killer Clifton White.

 

By Justin Rowlatt The One Show

Kenny Richey wishes he was back in prison at times

Not many people can say they have looked Death in the face and lived to tell the tale. Kenny Richey can.

He was sentenced to death in America and spent over 21 years in prison, much of that time on Death Row

Kenny was born in Scotland but moved to the States to live with his father in 1982, when he was 18.

Two years later he was charged with the murder of two-year-old Cynthia Collins, who died in a fire in the flat she shared with her mother.

 

By JOE MILICIA – 50 minutes ago

ELYRIA, Ohio (AP) — An anesthesiologist testified Monday that Ohio's lethal injection procedure isn't appropriate for dogs or cats, let alone humans.

Dr. Mark Heath's testimony on behalf of two murder defendants came in a Lorain County hearing on the constitutionality of state's method for putting prisoners to death.

 

Brad Dicken | The Chronicle-Telegram

 

ELYRIA — Darth Vader won’t be making an appearance next week when county Common Pleas Judge James Burge holds hearings on the constitutionality of the state’s lethal injection process.

Burge angrily rebuffed defense attorney Jeff Gamso’s suggestion that the three members of the state’s execution team who administer the lethal drugs to condemned inmates hide their identities behind the three masks of the “Star Wars” villain he brought to court Thursday.

 

Disclosure is vital to the truth, justice and integrity of the Scottish Judicial system. There are people whose very lives and freedom are seriously affected by the refusal on the Judicial Systems part to grant disclosure. If evidence and statements have been withheld how can their be any fairness?