Recent Clemency Grants in Ohio Highlight Importance of Capital Defense Counsel

In 2012, Governor Kasich granted clemency to Ronald Post. In a statement about the decision to commute Mr. Post’s sentence, Governor Kasich said that “regardless of the heinous nature of their crime, a criminal defendant is entitled to an effective defense, especially in a death penalty case.” At Mr. Post’s trial, defense counsel clashed over how

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