in Cincinnati, a 3-judge panel of 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...

in Cincinnati, a 3-judge panel of 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a 2-1 decision threw out the conviction and death sentence of Kenneth T. Richey, a man with dual U.S.-British citizenship. 
The court ruled that Richey received incompetent legal counsel and ordered the state of Ohio to retry him within 90 days or release him.
Richey, who always maintained his innocence, was convicted of killing 2-year-old Cynthia Collins, who died on June 30, 1986 in a fire at her mother's apartment. Prosecutors said Richey intended to kill his ex-girlfriend but ended up killing the child.
As the sole Briton on death row in the United States, Richey has gained international attention.
In 1992, the European Parliament approved a resolution urging that Richey's life be spared, and Pope John Paul II has made an appeal on his behalf. The case received wide attention in Great Britain, where filmmakers produced two documentaries questioning Richey's guilt. British citizens and politicians have written thousands of letters to news organizations and government offices to protect his conviction.