Add your name: Tell Governor Kasich there's too much doubt to execute
Ohio Governor John Kasich
UPDATE (March 26, 2018 14:05): Governor Kasich has commuted W.T. Montgomery's sentence to life without parole. The state of Ohio will not execute him next month. Thank you for taking action!
Ohio is scheduled to execute W.T. Montgomery on April 11, despite serious questions about whether he committed the crimes for which he received a death sentence.
Significant doubts about the validity of the conviction led the Ohio Parole Board to vote to commute Montgomery’s sentence to life without parole. But it’s up to Ohio Governor John Kasich to affirm that decision and not execute William Montgomery.
Key concerns include:
The death penalty is ineffective, unfair, and inaccurate. It is applied in an unjust manner, largely dependent on the accused's race, income, and ability, and whether the victim is white. It depends on a biased justice system. For the families of victims, it's a painfully protracted process. For all of these reasons and more, public approval of capital punishment continues to decline.
Governor Kasich needs to know the world is watching. Our partners at Equal Justice USA and Ohioans to Stop Executions will deliver the petition to Gov. Kasich next week. Please add your name today.
Add your name: Tell Ohio Governor John Kasich to stop Montgomery's execution. There is #TooMuchDoubt.
Ohio is scheduled to execute W.T. Montgomery on April 11, despite serious questions about whether he committed the crimes for which he received a death sentence.
Significant doubts about the validity of the conviction led the Ohio Parole Board to vote to commute Montgomery’s sentence to life without parole. But it’s up to Ohio Governor John Kasich to affirm that decision and not execute William Montgomery.
Key concerns include:
- No credible evidence ties Montgomery to the murders. Facts in the case point to other suspects, who were never seriously investigated.
- Prosecutors withheld evidence including police reports, tips about alternative suspects, physical evidence implicating the co-defendant, and eyewitness accounts that a second car was parked next to Ms. Tincher's car just before she was killed. This information undermines the state's entire theory of the murders.
- The only evidence implicating Montgomery in the crime is testimony from Glover Heard, the co-defendant in the case. Heard received a deal from the prosecution in exchange for his testimony. Heard's story changed five times, and only on the fifth time was Montgomery mentioned.
The death penalty is ineffective, unfair, and inaccurate. It is applied in an unjust manner, largely dependent on the accused's race, income, and ability, and whether the victim is white. It depends on a biased justice system. For the families of victims, it's a painfully protracted process. For all of these reasons and more, public approval of capital punishment continues to decline.
Governor Kasich needs to know the world is watching. Our partners at Equal Justice USA and Ohioans to Stop Executions will deliver the petition to Gov. Kasich next week. Please add your name today.
Add your name: Tell Ohio Governor John Kasich to stop Montgomery's execution. There is #TooMuchDoubt.
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Ohio Governor John Kasich
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Please halt the execution of William T. Montgomery, scheduled for April 11. There is too much doubt surrounding his case, and the execution of an innocent person is irreversible. Ohio cannot afford to make such a mistake, and we urge you to do everything in your power to prevent such an injustice from taking place.