Post by CCADP on Aug 27, 2005 20:21:15 GMT -5
State Attorney Misrepresented Evidence To Parole Board
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The Cleveland Plain Dealer is reporting that a top attorney for the state misrepresented evidence before the Ohio Parole Board in an effort to deny clemency to death-row inmate John Spirko.
Spirko is scheduled to be executed September 20th for the 1982 murder of Betty Jane Mottinger who was in charge of the post office in Elgin in northwest Ohio.
Senior Deputy Ohio Attorney General Tim Prichard made a presentation to the parole board on Tuesday. The Cleveland newspaper says that Prichard made false statements and mischaracterized evidence about what Spirko knew about the murder and his whereabouts on the day of the killing.
The newspaper compared Prichard's statements to the parole board with evidence in the case record.
Prichard has denied making any misstatements to the parole board.
(Copyright 2005 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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The Cleveland Plain Dealer is reporting that a top attorney for the state misrepresented evidence before the Ohio Parole Board in an effort to deny clemency to death-row inmate John Spirko.
Spirko is scheduled to be executed September 20th for the 1982 murder of Betty Jane Mottinger who was in charge of the post office in Elgin in northwest Ohio.
Senior Deputy Ohio Attorney General Tim Prichard made a presentation to the parole board on Tuesday. The Cleveland newspaper says that Prichard made false statements and mischaracterized evidence about what Spirko knew about the murder and his whereabouts on the day of the killing.
The newspaper compared Prichard's statements to the parole board with evidence in the case record.
Prichard has denied making any misstatements to the parole board.
(Copyright 2005 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)