When Ohio resumed executions last July, I joined with other exonerated Ohio death-row survivors to warn Gov. John Kasich that it was only a matter of time before we’d risk executing a prisoner who might be innocent. And now William T. Montgomery is scheduled to be killed on April 11, despite rising doubts about his […]
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The Latest: Ohio parole board hear killer’s innocence claim
The lawyer for a condemned Ohio inmate scheduled to die next month has told the Ohio Parole Board he’s innocent and should be spared. Attorney Jon Oebker (EB’-ker) says there is too much doubt and uncertainty surrounding the conviction of William Montgomery. He told the parole board Thursday that includes a discrepancy in the date […]
Forensic experts question prosecution’s theories
A pair of forensics experts, originally from the Netherlands and now living in Colorado, questioned the fundamentals of the prosecution’s theories that have put Montgomery a little more than a month away from his execution. They suggested that Ms. Ogle, of Toledo, was not dead as long as the prosecution maintained and that a second […]