Battle to save Briton.THE fiancAe of a Briton facing the death penalty in the US said yesterday campaigners will have to wait at least 18 months before there is any chance of his release. Karen Torley's partner, Kenny Richey  This page is protected from moves until disputes have been resolved on the .The reason for its protection is listed on the protection policy page. , 41, is due to be executed over the killing of a child in a fire in Ohio in 1986. He will complete 19 years on Death Row on January 27. But following a complicated legal battle which almost saw Richey released last year, Ms Torley hopes that he may taste freedom within 18 months to two years. Speaking before a London meeting of female anti-death penalty campaigners organised by Amnesty International Amnesty International (AI,) human-rights organization founded in 1961 by Englishman Peter Benenson; it campaigns internationally against the detention of prisoners of conscience, for the fair trial of political prisoners, to abolish the death penalty and torture of UK, Ms Torley said: "Kenny is caught in a wrangle over power between two courts. It hasn't got anything to do with evidence for the case." Ms Torley, 42, of Cambuslang, Glasgow, added: "The November decision was a kick in the guts. Kenny has tried to remain positive but he has had his hopes dashed so many times. Where he is, hope can be a dangerous thing." Richey, an Edinburgh-born Scot, was on the verge On the Verge (or The Geography of Yearning) is a play written by Eric Overmyer. It makes extensive use of esoteric language and pop culture references from the late nineteenth century to 1955. of freedom last year after the US Circuit Appeal Court overturned his conviction and death sentence. But he remained on Death Row after the US Supreme Court ordered the lower court to reconsider its decision in November. |
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