Kenny Richey: hopes raised - but concern persists

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"Death row Scot faces execution 'this summer'" Evening Times

"Death Row Scot 'faces summer execution' if appeal fails" Evening News

"Kenny Richey could be executed by the summer" Scottish TV 6.5.04.

Following posted on 26.4.04.
"Doubts persist as Death Row Scot given fresh hope: Kenny Richey, a Scot on death row in the United States for killing a two-year-old girl during a fit of jealous rage, has become a cause célèbre among anti-death penalty advocates around the world . . ." Times 4.5.04.

"Death row Scot wins late appeal: A Scot has won a late US appeal which could save him from a death sentence. Federal judges in Ohio have referred Edinburgh-born Kenny Richey's case to the US state's Supreme Court to find out if his murder conviction was safe. . ." BBC

"Death Row Scot wins Eleventh Hour Reprieve" Scottish TV

"Hope for Scot on death row: A Scot facing execution in America believes he's one step from freedom after judges ruled his death sentence was illegal. . ." Daily Record

"Appeal hope for death row Scot: Kenny Richey, the Scots-born former marine on death row in America, may have won a last-minute appeal to save him from lethal injection [. . .] Now the federal appeals court for the US Sixth Circuit, one level below the Supreme Court, has sent his case back to be reconsidered by judges in Ohio. They suggest that Richey should either be tried again or set free because prosecutors broke the law when they sought the death penalty at his trial. However, the Ohio court still has the power to reject the federal judges’ findings. . ." Scotland on Sunday

"US appeal court challenges Richey death sentence" Herald

"Scot on Death Row in US is granted appeal: [. . .] The independent MSP for Lothians, Margo MacDonald, who has campaigned for Richey’s release, said it was vital new evidence was examined in court. She said: "Four years ago, I had the fortune to be given original transcripts of Kenny’s trial, which I had examined by some of Scotland’s most senior lawyers. They concluded the evidence presented in the trial was completely unfounded and would never been accepted in a Scottish court." . . ." Scotsman

"Hope of freedom for death-row Scot: [. . .] Richey's death sentence rests on the American legal notion of "transference". The prosecution says that although he did not intend to kill Cynthia Collins he did intend to kill his former girlfriend, and that premeditation can therefore be transferred. . ." Guardian

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