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Ohio juror voted for death 20 years ago, now seeks mercy

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS, Associated Press
Published: February 5, 2018, 2:45pm
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Death row inmate Raymond Tibbetts, convicted of fatally stabbing Fred Hicks in 1997 in Cincinnati. Tibbetts is scheduled to be executed on Tuesday 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.
Death row inmate Raymond Tibbetts, convicted of fatally stabbing Fred Hicks in 1997 in Cincinnati. Tibbetts is scheduled to be executed on Tuesday 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) Photo Gallery

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ross Geiger had doubts about recommending a death sentence 20 years ago for a convicted Ohio killer, concerned about the impact of the offender’s tough childhood on his behavior.

But ultimately, Geiger voted in favor of death for Raymond Tibbetts for killing a Cincinnati man he was staying with.

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