(Reuters) - Ohio Governor John Kasich on Thursday postponed the execution scheduled for next week of a convicted murderer after receiving a letter from a juror in the man’s trial asking that the death penalty not be imposed and saying the jury was not given crucial information pertinent to his sentencing.
Kasich, a Republican, issued a temporary reprieve to Raymond Tibbetts, moving the execution date from Feb. 13 to Oct. 17 and asking state’s Parole Board to hold a hearing in the meantime to consider the letter’s contents, the governor’s office said in a statement.
Reporting by Jon Herskovitz in Austin, Texas; Editing by Will Dunham