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Friday, June 4, 2010
Strickland spares killer’s life
Gov. Ted Strickland decided to commute the death sentence for inmate Richard Nields to life in prison without parole.
Strickland made the announcement Friday, June 4, six days before Nields was scheduled to die by lethal injection.
The Ohio Parole Board recommended in May that Nields be granted a commutation to life in prison without parole. The board cited medical testimony at Nields’ trial that was later called into question, Ohio Supreme Court Justice Paul Pfeiffer’s dissenting opinion when the court upheld Nields’ conviction, and concerns expressed by judges on the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Strickland said he reviewed that material and more and decided to concur with the Parole Board.
Nields, now 60, was convicted in the March 1997 aggravated murder and robbery of Patricia Newsome in Springfield Twp., in Hamilton County.
