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St. Petersburg Times
Ohio Death Row Inmate Wins Temporary Reprieve September 9, 2005 COLUMBUS, Ohio - Gov. Bob Taft delayed the execution Thursday of a convicted killer over questions about whether prosecutors presented inaccurate information at a clemency hearing. Taft ordered the execution of John Spirko delayed until Nov. 15 to allow for a second hearing, which had been requested by the parole board. Spirko, 59, was convicted of killing a postal worker but says he didn't do it. The Plain Dealer of Cleveland reported that Timothy Prichard, director of the attorney general's capital crimes office, made false statements last month and misrepresented evidence regarding what Spirko knew about the 1982 murder of Betty Jane Mottinger, 48, and his whereabouts on the day of the killing.
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