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Prosecutor Responds To Hartman Plea
3/30/2009 12:23:22 PM | Associated Press
Summit County Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh says a killer who claims a jailhouse informant committed perjury at his trial hasn't offered enough evidence to warrant delaying his execution.
Walsh argues in an Ohio Supreme Court filing Monday that death row inmate Bret Hartmann has no basis for stopping his execution. The 34-year-old Hartmann wants time to gather evidence of the alleged perjury and test other evidence he says will prove his innocence.
Hartmann also wants time to demonstrate that Ohio's method of lethal injection is unconstitutional. Hartmann is scheduled to die April 7 for the 1997 fatal stabbing of 46-year-old Wanda Snipes.
Walsh calls the perjury claim speculative and says there's no proof that testing new evidence would exonerate Hartmann.
Hartmann is also hoping Governor Ted Strickland will side with him. The Ohio Parole Board previously offered an "unfavorable" recommendation to Hartmann's request for clemency, which is now in the governor's hands.
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3/30/2009 12:23:22 PM | Associated Press
Summit County Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh says a killer who claims a jailhouse informant committed perjury at his trial hasn't offered enough evidence to warrant delaying his execution.
Walsh argues in an Ohio Supreme Court filing Monday that death row inmate Bret Hartmann has no basis for stopping his execution. The 34-year-old Hartmann wants time to gather evidence of the alleged perjury and test other evidence he says will prove his innocence.
Hartmann also wants time to demonstrate that Ohio's method of lethal injection is unconstitutional. Hartmann is scheduled to die April 7 for the 1997 fatal stabbing of 46-year-old Wanda Snipes.
Walsh calls the perjury claim speculative and says there's no proof that testing new evidence would exonerate Hartmann.
Hartmann is also hoping Governor Ted Strickland will side with him. The Ohio Parole Board previously offered an "unfavorable" recommendation to Hartmann's request for clemency, which is now in the governor's hands.
akronnewsnow.com/news/itemdetail.asp?ID=31053§ion=news&subsection=localnews&title=Prosecutor_Responds_To_Hartman_Plea
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