with just 3 days left in his term, Indiana Gov. Joe Kernan granted clemency to Michael Daniels

with just 3 days left in his term, Indiana Gov. Joe Kernan granted clemency to Michael Daniels, a man convicted of killing Allan Streett, an Army chaplain in 1978 in a $1 robbery as the minister shoveled snow from his driveway with his 15-year-old son. 
The son, Tim Streett, now also is a minister who opposes the death penalty. He said he has forgiven Daniels, and was happy with the governor's decision. Daniels, 46, was 19 at the time of the  murder. Daniels -- incarcerated on Indiana's death row longer than anyone else -- will now stay in prison for the rest of his life without the possibility of parole, the governor's office said.  Kernan said that Daniels' IQ has been measured at 77, just above the level to be considered mentally retarded. He also said Daniels was psychotic for some time and unable to assist in his defense, and that he was the only one of 3 co-defendants to get the death penalty.  Kernan commuted the death sentence of Darnell Williams in July, less than a week before he was to die by injection for the 1986 murders of a Gary couple. No prisoner has been executed during Kernan's nearly 16 months as governor. Kernan said his reviews of the two cases have "revealed weaknesses" in Indiana's death penalty system. He said he hopes state government in the coming months can examine whether the sentencing system is fair in death-penalty cases.