Time to continue the march toward #justice." Trent Garner (R-El Dorado) tweeted, "Outstanding news. Meanwhile, death penalty proponents applauded the Hutchinson and the state. Anti-death penalty activists parroted the public defenders office, saying he is severely mentally ill and therefore ineligible for execution. The next scheduled execution drew a quick response on Twitter. He suffers from delusions, such as one in which his spinal cord has been removed from his body. Federal public defenders have already begun laying the groundwork for appeals Greene, they say, is severely mentally ill. 9 for killing his brother and a preacher in 1991.
The 62 year old is scheduled to die by lethal injection on Nov. The clemency decision was announced on Friday, shortly after the governor set an execution date for another inmate, Jack Gordon Greene. The trio was accused of kidnapping, torturing and killing the young man after he told police about their involvement in a theft. McGehee will now serve life without parole, which was the same sentence given to the two other defendants in the Melbourne case. McGehee compared to the sentences of his co-defendants was a factor in my decision,” the governor wrote in a statement. In addition, the disparity in sentence given to Mr.
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“In making this decision I considered many factors including the entire trial transcript, meetings with members of the victim’s family and the recommendation of the Parole Board. McGehee was one of eight Arkansas inmates scheduled for execution in April, and the first to have his lethal injection stayed by a court.Īnti-death penalty activists argued that McGehee’s age (21) at the time of the crime ought to be considered, as well as the fact that two alleged accomplices in the beating death of John Melbourne, Jr., 15, in 1996 were given life sentences and not the death penalty. Asa Hutchinson has spared the life of one death row inmate on the same day that he set an execution date for another.įollowing a routine 30-day comment period, the governor announced Friday that he’ll grant clemency to Jason McGehee.
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