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Delaware pardons board show clemency to death row prisoner
Panel of five swayed by Robert Gattis’s claims that he had been viciously abused by family members as a childThe Delaware board of pardons has for the first time in the modern era shown clemency to a death row prisoner, recommending that the death sentence for murderer Robert Gattis be commuted to life imprisonment with no chance of parole. The decision makes Delaware the latest state to feel the winds of change sweeping across America against capital punishment.
published date:Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:10:29 GMT