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Ohio governor grants mercy to man on death row for first time
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine commuted Gregory Lott’s death sentence to life without parole for a 1986 murder, marking his first such action in eight years as governor. Lott, who has intellectual disabilities, was convicted of setting an 82-year-old man on fire during a burglary.
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