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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)
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Francine Hawkins of Cleveland talks about her brother, death row inmate Arthur Tyler, as part of a presentation by Tyler's attorneys to the Ohio Parole Board seeking clemency for Tyler on the grounds that he is innocent, on Thursday, April 24, 2014, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Andrew Welsh-Huggins)
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Allan Regas, right, Assistant Cuyahoga County Prosecutor, explains to the Ohio Parole Board why his office is seeking clemency for condemned killer Arthur Tyler, while Katherine Mullin, also an Assistant Cuyahoga County Prosecutor, listens in, on Thursday, April 24, 2014, in Columbus, Ohio. Regas says his office maintains Tyler is guilty, but says the case wouldn't meet current standards for a capital punishment prosecution. (AP Photo/Andrew Welsh-Huggins)
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Kevin Walsh, center, New York Metro Area Postal Union director, holds a bullhorn for Eleanor Bailey, a 35-year postal retiree, as she speaks during a rally of postal union members, Thursday April 24, 2014 in New York. Post office workers marched and chanted "Stop Staples, the U.S. mail is not for sale," to protest against a deal between the postal service and Staples they say will replace living-wage postal jobs with low-wage jobs at Staples. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2014 file photo, cars drive past a sign outside of a market reminding residents about the short water supply in Willits, Calif. State public health officials have reduced the number of communities at risk of losing their drinking water due to California's drought from 17 to 3. In the Mendocino County town of Willits, which was two months from losing its drinking water, well drilling efforts and rain have helped officials ease restrictions. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, file)
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FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2014 file photo, Forrest Clark loads five-gallon bottles of water purchased at a local store into his car in Willits, Calif. State public health officials have reduced the number of communities at risk of losing their drinking water due to California's drought from 17 to three. In the Mendocino County town of Willits, which was two months from losing its drinking water, well drilling efforts and rain have helped officials ease restrictions. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, file)
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Sens. Bill Wielechowski and Holllis French go over education funding amounts after a conference committee proposed a compromise education bill on Wednesday, April 23, 2014, in Juneau, Alaska. The two Anchorage Democrats were in French's office. French is the Senate minority leader. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)
