no mercy for Ohio man didn't mean to kill the baby when he raped her.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/governor-no-mercy-for-condemned-ohio-man-who-raped-baby-says-he-didnt-intend-to-kill-her/2013/04/17/4f7fce56-a799-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_story.html

it isn't just in India.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Gov. John Kasich on Wednesday rejected a plea for mercy by a condemned man who says he intended to rape his girlfriend’s 6-month-old daughter but didn’t mean to kill her.
The decision by Kasich, a Republican, upheld a unanimous recommendation by the Ohio Parole Board on April 10 to deny clemency for Steven Smith, calling his crime “among the worst of the worst.”

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“Smith took the life of an innocent 6-month-old infant while using the baby to sexually gratify himself,” the board said. “It is hard to fathom a crime more repulsive or reprehensible in character.”
The baby, Autumn Carter, died because Smith was too drunk to realize his assault was killing her, Smith’s attorneys argued in court filings with the parole board, which heard the case last week. And Ohio law is clear, they said: A death sentence requires an intent to kill the victim.

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“The evidence suggests that Autumn’s death was a horrible accident,” Smith’s attorneys, Joseph Wilhelm and Tyson Fleming, said in a written argument prepared for the board.
They continued: “Despite the shocking nature of this crime, Steve’s death sentence should be commuted because genuine doubts exist whether he even committed a capital offense.”

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