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Former death row inmate says not guilty to threat
A Scotsman released from a US prison after spending two decades on death row has pleaded not guilty to threatening a judge who prosecuted his original case.
Forty-seven-year-old Ken Richey appeared in an Ohio court Wednesday on charges of retaliation and violating a civil protection order. A judge said he would be held without bond and face trial in May.
Authorities say Richey left a threatening phone message at the courthouse in Ottawa, where he was sentenced nearly 25 years ago to death.
Richey was released four years ago under a plea deal after a federal court overturned his sentence. He’d been convicted of starting a fire that killed a toddler.
Richey had been living in Mississippi and was arrested there last week.
A Scotsman released from a US prison after spending two decades on death row has pleaded not guilty to threatening a judge who prosecuted his original case.
Forty-seven-year-old Ken Richey appeared in an Ohio court Wednesday on charges of retaliation and violating a civil protection order. A judge said he would be held without bond and face trial in May.
Authorities say Richey left a threatening phone message at the courthouse in Ottawa, where he was sentenced nearly 25 years ago to death.
Richey was released four years ago under a plea deal after a federal court overturned his sentence. He’d been convicted of starting a fire that killed a toddler.
Richey had been living in Mississippi and was arrested there last week.
