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Commute the Death Sentence of Frank Spisak
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    Petitioning
    1. The Governor of OH
  2. Created By
    Julie Przybysz
    Cincinnati, OH
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Frank Spisak suffers from a schizotypal personality disorder and an atypical psychotic disorder.

Frank Spisak did not get a fair trial:

He had insufficient counsel. Justice Stevens wrote that his “counsel’s argument grossly transgressed the bounds of what constitutionally competent counsel would have done in a similar situation….the argument [Spisak’s defense attorney’s closing argument] shares more in common with a prosecutor’s closing than with a criminal defense attorney’s. Indeed, the argument was so outrageous that it would have rightly subjected a prosecutor to charges of misconduct.”The jury was given sufficient instructions during the sentencing stage about the consequences and possibilities of a sentencing other than the death penalty.

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Commute the Death Sentence of Frank Spisak

Greetings Governor Kasich,

We, the undersigned, together with the family and friends of Frank Spisak, urge Governor Strickland to commute Frank Spisak’s death sentence.
Frank Spisak suffers from a schizotypal personality disorder and an atypical psychotic disorder.
Frank Spisak did not get a fair trial:
• He had insufficient counsel. Justice Stevens wrote that his “counsel’s argument grossly transgressed the bounds of what constitutionally competent counsel would have done in a similar situation….the argument [Spisak’s defense attorney’s closing argument] shares more in common with a prosecutor’s closing than with a criminal defense attorney’s. Indeed, the argument was so outrageous that it would have rightly subjected a prosecutor to charges of misconduct.”
• The jury was given sufficient instructions during the sentencing stage about the consequences and possibilities of a sentencing other than the death penalty.
We deeply sympathize with the family and friends of Rev. Horace Rickerson, Timothy Sheehan, and Brian Warford but we respectfully offer that another death will neither heal nor resolve this tragedy
Action petitioned for: We, the undersigned, are concerned citizens who urge Governor Strickland to commute the sentence of Frank Spisak to life without parole.

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