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Death Row Reprieve: Does Ohio Also Owe Kevin Keith a New Trial?
By Andrew Cohen - Politics DailyConvicted murderer Kevin Keith could look at the week's dramatic developments in his life in one of two ways. He could consider himself very lucky that Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland commuted his capital sentence to life in prison without parole. Or he could consider himself still accursed that he'll likely remain in prison anyway for the rest of his natural days despite his claim that he did not murder two adults and a four-year-old child -- family members of an alleged police drug informant -- in 1994. How do you see the glass, Mr. Keith, now that the very government that incarcerates you has ...
On Death Row in Ohio: Is Kevin Keith an Innocent Man?
By Andrew Cohen - Politics DailyWhen last we left the sorry state of capital punishment in Ohio, hapless prison officials were attempting to execute the same man twice after failing to find a usable vein the first time they put him onto the gurney. They did not succeed -- the death row inmate, Romell Broom, is still alive -- but the embarrassing episode did cause the Buckeye State finally to reform its dubious lethal-injection protocols. That's the good news. The bad news is that a new case, the case of Kevin Keith, shows once again how far Ohio is from affording capital suspects even the most basic constitutional ...
Waiting for Blagojevich: A Short History of the Verdict Watch
By Andrew Cohen - Politics DailyI have been on virtual verdict-watch the past two weeks, waiting for the jury to come back with its decision in the corruption trial of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. It's now past 10 days of deliberations -- a length that surely heartens the defense team as much as it worries federal prosecutors. And clearly the controversial decision by Team Blagojevich not to put its chatty client on the witness stand hasn't hurt his chances of getting a hung jury or even an acquittal on one or more of the felony charges. But I'm not here to speculate about what will happen in federal court in ...
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