Support Clemency for Richard Cooey
Death Penalty: Richard Cooey is scheduled to be executed in Ohio next Tuesday, October 14. He was sentenced to death on December 5, 1986, after being convicted of two counts of murder by a three-judge panel. He has spent nearly 22 years on death row. Cooey’s sentence is of particular concern for several reasons.
Cooey was merely 19 when convicted. Not only has he accepted responsibility for…