Ohio governor commutes death sentence after ex-juror sought reprieve
Source: Reuters
JULY 20, 2018 / 8:33 PM / UPDATED 3 HOURS AGO
Jon Herskovitz
3 MIN READ
(Reuters) - Ohio Governor John Kasich on Friday commuted the death sentence of a convicted double murderer after a former juror in the mans trial asked he not be put to death because the panel was not given key information during sentencing about his troubled childhood.
Kasich, a Republican, said there were fundamental flaws in the sentencing phase for inmate Raymond Tibbetts and ordered him to serve life in prison without the possibility of parole, the governors office said in a statement.
The defenses failure to present sufficient mitigating evidence, coupled with an inaccurate description of Tibbettss childhood by the prosecution, essentially prevented the jury from making an informed decision about whether Tibbetts deserved the death penalty, it said.
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In the letter, Geiger said there was no question Tibbetts committed the murders but factors about the defendants upbringing were omitted or distorted by prosecutors in the trials sentencing phase.
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Izzy Blue
(282 posts)And seeing someone who obviously does and voted for it do the right thing by contacting the judge asking that it be overturned shows there is hope for humanity.
marble falls
(57,080 posts)sentences over twenty years absolutely thirty years max.
Izzy Blue
(282 posts)the most horrendous crimes then going down the ladder it would be just a few years for crimes that are getting the 20-30 today.
And you're okay with that?
marble falls
(57,080 posts)not houses of getting even.
We have higher prison terms than just about any nation on earth. And higher crime rates. Tough sentences don't work for us, we need to look at maybe the Scandinavian model. No death penalty and a maximum sentence of twenty-one years.
Here's Finland's model.
Why Does Norway Have a 21-Year Maximum Prison Sentence?
http://www.slate.com/blogs/quora/2013/05/07/why_does_norway_have_a_21_year_maximum_prison_sentence.html
Heres a list of maximum penalties from throughout the world, Denmark has the lowest and a very low rate of crime:
http://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Crime/Sentence-Length
Prison reform is an important issue for me.
Lucky Luciano
(11,254 posts)...where tr@$p should be.
Andres Breivik isnt getting out after 21 years either.
marble falls
(57,080 posts)And in fact the treatment he receives in the prison he's at is more like what we refer here to as a "Club Fed" and actually much better - free access through out the prison, no cells, bars, uniforms, or armed guards.
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35813470
Anders Breivik: Just how cushy are Norwegian prisons?
Compare this to any facility in the US. I bet there's not one. This is the standard in Norway.