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A Judge Reflects and Acts

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For all the clarity we seek through the judicial process, sometimes events remain unclear and facts uncertain. Ohio's Toledo Blade reports, "Man may win parole, thanks to Skow letter: Judge came to feel he erred in '97 case," written by Erica Blake.Since his 1997 conviction for murder and subsequent sentence to life in prison, Willie Knighten, Jr., has maintained he wasn't guilty. But it wasn't until his innocence was championed by the man who put him behind bars - Judge William Skow, who died last month - that Knighten's claims brought him significantly closer to freedom. The Ohio Parole Board recently released a clemency report recommending to Gov. Ted Strickland that Knighten's sentence be commuted so that he is immediately eligible for parole...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on July 10, 2009 (boomark / email).

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