BIG NEWS: Briton's Death Sentence Quashed!

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/4207185.stm

Briton's death sentence quashed

A federal appeals court in Ohio has rejected the conviction and death sentence on Briton Kenny Richey.

Mr Richey has been on Death Row since 1987 after he was convicted of killing a two-year-old girl in a fire.

The 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that he must be retried within 90 days or set free.

British politicians have campaigned on behalf of Mr Richey, 40, originally from Edinburgh. His partner said she was "delighted" by the news.

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I wish I could post more of the article. Kenny Richey was railroaded by an Ohio politician who was running for re-election, and who knew or should have known that he was sending an innocent man to his death.