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File-This April 22, 2004, file photo shows Gregory Lott being interviewed at the Mansfield Correctional Institution, in Mansfield, Ohio. The latest request for mercy from a death row inmate in Ohio comes as executions have ground to a halt and the future of capital punishment in the state is being questioned by an unlikely lawmaker, the conservative Republican House speaker. (AP Photo/Ron Schwane, File)

Latest clemency hearing comes amid death penalty uncertainty

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Correction: Death Penalty-Clemency story

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This undated photo provided by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction shows Warren Keith Henness. The Ohio man sentenced to death in the fatal shooting of a volunteer addiction counselor is proclaiming his innocence and asking that his life be spared, according to arguments by his attorneys a month before his scheduled execution. The Ohio Parole Board scheduled arguments for and against mercy Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019. Henness is set to die by lethal injection on Feb. 13 at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville. (Ohio Department of Rehabilitation via AP)

Ohio board rejects condemned man’s request for mercy

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction shows Warren Keith Henness. The Ohio man sentenced to death in the fatal shooting of a volunteer addiction counselor is proclaiming his innocence and asking that his life be spared, according to arguments by his attorneys a month before his scheduled execution. The Ohio Parole Board scheduled arguments for and against mercy Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019. Henness is set to die by lethal injection on Feb. 13 at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville. (Ohio Department of Rehabilitation via AP)

Ohio man on death row proclaims innocence, asks for mercy

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS - Associated Press

FILE – In this Feb. 3, 2018, file photo, Ross Geiger speaks as he poses for a photograph at his home in the Cincinnati suburb of Loveland, Ohio. Ohio Gov. John Kasich spared death row inmate Raymond Tibbetts on Friday, July 20, 2018, commuting the condemned killer's death sentence to life without the possibility of parole. Geiger, a juror who recommended the death sentence after Tibbetts was convicted of fatally stabbing Fred Hicks in 1997 in Cincinnati, came forward in 2017 to say he felt jurors weren't given enough information about the convicted killer's tough childhood. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Ohio killer spared after extent of childhood abuse revealed

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FILE – This undated file photo provided by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction shows death row inmate Raymond Tibbetts, convicted of fatally stabbing Fred Hicks in 1997 in Cincinnati. Ohio Parole Board members, who voted 11-1 in 2017 against sparing Tibbetts, scheduled a rare second clemency hearing Thursday, June 14, 2018, to hear directly from juror Ross Geiger, who recommended Tibbetts be sentenced to death but now says jurors weren't given enough information about the convicted killer's tough childhood. Tibbetts is currently set to be executed by lethal injection on Oct. 17, 2018, after Republican Ohio Gov. John Kasich granted Tibbetts a temporary reprieve on Feb. 8, 2018. (Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction via AP, File)

Board again rejects mercy for killer despite juror’s concern

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS - Associated Press

FILE – In this Feb. 3, 2018, file photo, Ross Geiger poses for a photo at his home in the Cincinnati suburb of Loveland, Ohio. Ohio Parole Board members, who voted 11-1 in 2017 against sparing death row inmate Raymond Tibbetts, scheduled a rare second clemency hearing Thursday, June 14, 2018, to hear directly from Geiger, a juror who recommended Tibbetts be sentenced to death but now says jurors weren't given enough information about the convicted killer's tough childhood. Tibbetts is currently set to be executed by lethal injection on Oct. 17, 2018, after Republican Ohio Gov. John Kasich granted Tibbetts a temporary reprieve on Feb. 8, 2018. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

The Latest: Board hears ex-juror’s death sentence regrets

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FILE – In this Feb. 3, 2018, file photo, Ross Geiger poses for a photo at his home in the Cincinnati suburb of Loveland, Ohio. Ohio Parole Board members, who voted 11-1 in 2017 against sparing death row inmate Raymond Tibbetts, scheduled a rare second clemency hearing Thursday, June 14, 2018, to hear directly from Geiger, a juror who recommended Tibbetts be sentenced to death but now says jurors weren't given enough information about the convicted killer's tough childhood. Tibbetts is currently set to be executed by lethal injection on Oct. 17, 2018, after Republican Ohio Gov. John Kasich granted Tibbetts a temporary reprieve on Feb. 8, 2018. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Parole board hears former juror’s death sentence regrets

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS - Associated Press

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction shows death row inmate Robert Van Hook, convicted of the fatal 1985 strangling and stabbing of David Self, a man he met in a bar in Cincinnati. Attorneys for a condemned killer are asking that their client be spared, saying he experienced a &quot;homosexual panic&quot; of self-revulsion before killing the man he picked up at the Ohio bar. The Ohio Parole Board is scheduled to hear arguments on Thursday, May 24, 2018, for and against Van Hook's clemency request. (Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction via AP, File)

Ohio Parole Board to rule on mercy for condemned killer

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FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction shows death row inmate Robert Van Hook, convicted of the fatal 1985 strangling and stabbing of David Self, a man he met in a bar in Cincinnati. Attorneys for a condemned killer are asking that their client be spared, saying he experienced a &quot;homosexual panic&quot; of self-revulsion before killing the man he picked up at the Ohio bar. The Ohio Parole Board is scheduled to hear arguments on Thursday, May 24, 2018, for and against Van Hook's clemency request. (Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction via AP, File)

Mercy is rejected for killer claiming abuse, mental illness

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS - Associated Press

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction shows death row inmate Robert Van Hook, convicted of the fatal 1985 strangling and stabbing of David Self, a man he met in a bar in Cincinnati. Attorneys for a condemned killer are asking that their client be spared, saying he experienced a &quot;homosexual panic&quot; of self-revulsion before killing the man he picked up at the Ohio bar. The Ohio Parole Board is scheduled to hear arguments on Thursday, May 24, 2018, for and against Van Hook's clemency request. (Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction via AP, File)

The Latest: Board hears mercy request from condemned killer

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This undated photo provided by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction shows William Montgomery, sentenced to death for the fatal shooting of Debra Ogle during a March 1986 robbery in Toledo, Ohio. Ohio Parole Board members were set to hear arguments Thursday, March 8, 2018, about whether Montgomery's life should be spared, with Montgomery's execution scheduled April 11, 2018. Montgomery was also convicted of murder, but not sentenced to death, for the fatal shooting of Ogle's apartment mate Cynthia Tincher, who prosecutors say was killed because she could identify Montgomery and his co-defendant Glover Heard. (Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction via AP)

The Latest: Ohio parole board hear killer’s innocence claim

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FILE-This Saturday, Feb. 3, 2018 file photo shows Ross Geiger speaking as he poses for a photograph at his home, in Loveland, Ohio. Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Thursday delayed the execution of Raymond Tibbetts, a killer set to die next week, citing a letter he received from a juror who asked that the inmate be spared. The reprieve pushed his Feb. 13 execution forward to mid-October. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Ohio governor delays killer’s execution over juror concerns

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS - Associated Press

The Latest: Attorney praises reprieve for Ohio killer

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FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction shows death row inmate Raymond Tibbetts, convicted of fatally stabbing Fred Hicks in 1997 in Cincinnati. Tibbetts is scheduled to be executed on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018, and attorneys trying to stop his execution say Ohio Gov. John Kasich should consider the state's opioid epidemic when deciding whether to spare Tibbetts, arguing the condemned killer's life spiraled out of control after becoming addicted to painkillers inappropriately prescribed for a work injury in the mid-1990s. (Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction via AP, File)

Lawyers say condemned killer early victim of opioid epidemic

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS - Associated Press

FILE - This undated photo provided by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction shows death row inmate Alva Campbell. The Ohio Parole Board on Friday, Oct. 20, 2017, rejected a request for mercy from Campbell, a condemned inmate who argues he had such a bad childhood and is in such poor health that he should be spared from execution next month. The board's 11-1 decision came in the case of Campbell, set to die by lethal injection on Nov. 15 for killing a teen during a 1997 carjacking. The slaying came five years after he was paroled on a different murder charge. (Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction via AP)

Parole board rejects condemned Ohio inmate’s mercy request

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS - Associated Press

FILE – This undated file photo provided by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction shows death row inmate Alva Campbell, convicted of fatally shooting Charles Dials, during a carjacking in 1997. Campbell is the next inmate scheduled for execution in Ohio on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017, and the state has sufficiently replenished its lethal drug supply to carry out nearly 20 executions under certain conditions, according to records obtained by The Associated Press. (Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction via AP, File)

The Latest: Board weighs mercy arguments for Ohio killer

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FILE – This undated file photo provided by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction shows death row inmate Alva Campbell, convicted of fatally shooting Charles Dials, during a carjacking in 1997. Campbell is the next inmate scheduled for execution in Ohio on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017, and the state has sufficiently replenished its lethal drug supply to carry out nearly 20 executions under certain conditions, according to records obtained by The Associated Press. (Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction via AP, File)

Teen’s killer asks board to spare his life, cites bad health

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS - Associated Press

Federal public defender Vicki Werneke, left, argues for mercy for death row inmate Arthur Tyler before the Ohio Parole Board while fellow public defender Alan Rossman observes, on Thursday, April 24, 2014, in Columbus, Ohio. Tyler's lawyers say he is innocent and should be freed, while prosecutors say his death sentence should be commuted to life in prison because of questions about his case. (AP Photo/Andrew Welsh-Huggins)

Ohio governor grants clemency to condemned inmate

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Ohio Parole Board recommends clemency for condemned killer of Cleveland produce vendor

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