The state parole board has voted 10-2 to recommend to Gov. Kasich that
The parole board鈥檚 report notes the killing of a three-year-old is among the worst of the worst capital crimes, and that testimony they heard about the abusive home Ronald Phillips was raised in didn鈥檛 indicate how much abuse he personally suffered.
But two parole board members say they鈥檙e concerned about conflicting testimony of two doctors about the sexual assault before Sheila Marie Evans鈥� death. Kasich could still commute Phillips鈥� sentence to life in prison.
Phillips would be the first person put to death in Ohio in almost three years if he is executed. But it seems unlikely to happen on January 12.
The legal battle over the state鈥檚 plans to use a never-before-tried combination of three drugs for lethal injection is just beginning.
