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Supporters of Ohio death-row inmate Kenny Richey were elated last month after the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the state had 90 days in which to retry him or set him free.
KENNETH T. RICHEY
Petitioner,
vs.
BETTY MITCHELL, WARDEN
Respondent.
CASE NO. 1:98CV1418
COLUMBUS GROVE - Attorneys for Kenneth Richey filed a motion in federal court asking a judge to send the case to the Putnam County prosecutor who must decide whether to retry Richey or release him within 90 days.
Thu 2 Jun 2005
By Jude Sheerin, Scottish Press Association
PR guru Max Clifford confirmed today he has been hired to represent a Briton who has spent 18 years on death row in the US.
Edinburgh-born Kenny Richey's death sentence over the killing of a child in a fire in Ohio was overturned in April by a federal appeals court and he is expected to be freed soon.
AMNESTY International is calling on members of the public to send good luck cards to Death Row Scot Kenny Richey.
The international human rights organisation believes the support will lift Kenny's spirits ahead of his possible release in August this year.
By DAVID TRINKO
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OTTAWA ? Residents of Putnam County only had two murders to think about in the past 10 years.
Now the county?s first full-time prosecutor, Gary Lammers, must weigh two potential death-penalty homicide cases, turning the quaint courthouse in downtown Ottawa into the center of a media frenzy and challenging a prosecutor just five and a half months into his first term.