Former Marine finally getting off death row

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Kenneth Richey, a former Marine, spent 20 years on Ohio's death row after being convicted of setting a fire that killed a toddler. Now, upon entering a new plea on Thursday, his conviction will be overturned and he will be released.


Former Marine finally getting off death row
By John Seewer - The Associated Press
Posted : Saturday Jan 5, 2008 17:55:05 EST

TOLEDO, Ohio — For two decades, Ken Richey sat in a cell on death row and dreamed about clearing his name and getting out of prison.

Now that it’s about to happen, he’s not sure what he’ll do next. He has a few plans, including trying out new video games and living in Scotland with his mother.

“The world has changed and left me behind,” he said in a November interview with The Associated Press. “I don’t know what I’m going to do.”

Richey is close to walking free for the first time since 1987.

An appeals court last year overturned his conviction for setting a fire that killed a toddler in 1986, and he has agreed to enter a plea deal Monday that will allow him to accept a sentence of time already served, his attorney said.


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uhc comment: If I'm reading this correctly, Mr. Richey is getting out because he won't prosecute for false imprisonment. How fucked up have we become?