Hands Off Cain

a Butler County judge has ruled that a man who's spent the last 20 years on death row won't be executed.

a Butler County judge has ruled that a man who's spent the last 20 years on death row won't be executed.

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a Butler County judge has ruled that a man who's spent the last 20 years on death row won't be executed.
Rhett Depew stabbed 27-year-old Teresa Jones, her 7-year-old daughter, Aubrey, and Aubrey's 12-year-old sister, Elizabeth, to death in 1984.
He was originally sentenced to die. But in 2000, a judge overturned Depew's sentence, blaming prosecutor's misconduct. A federal appeals court agreed and in 2002 ruled that Depew should be resentenced.
Today, that resentencing took place. A judge gave Depew 3 life sentences instead of death.
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  • (Sources: WCPO News, 14/03/2005)