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is a 46-year-old man currently on death row in the state of Ohio. Keith is scheduled to be put to death on September 15, in spite of that he is an innocent man.

Groups including the , the , and are to urge the Ohio Parole Board and Gov. Ted Strickland to grant clemency to Kevin Keith.

Keith has been on death row since 1994, when he was convicted of killing three people and wounding others. Keith was convicted of these crimes based on 鈥� the leading cause of wrongful convictions nationwide. In fact, Keith鈥檚 alibi for the time of the crime is supported by , and there is no forensic evidence that conclusively links him to the crime.

In 2007, after Keith had exhausted his appeals, new counsel took on , and after conducting their own investigation, discovered new evidence that supported Keith鈥檚 innocence, which he has maintained from the start.

The : evidence that the police fabricated a witness to bolster shaky identification testimony by a surviving victim and evidence that points to another suspect. Thirteen years after he was convicted, Keith鈥檚 lawyers discovered that one of the state鈥檚 鈥渨itnesses鈥� never actually existed, and that police at his trial testified about a fictitious person and attributed a statement to her.

A recent states:

The prosecution鈥檚 case relied on the nurse of a third survivor, Richard Warren. Police testified that the nurse, Amy Gimmets, said that Warren had given her the name 鈥楰evin鈥�. Slight problem: in 2007, through a comprehensive search of hospital and Ohio records, it was discovered that Amy Gimmets never existed. Amy Whisman, Warren鈥檚 actual nurse, was not told who the gunman was, and Richard Warren initially told four people he did not know who the killer was. Kevin Keith鈥檚 attorneys have looked into Warren鈥檚 identification of Kevin Keith, and concluded that it was tainted by many factors, including a highly suggestive photo line-up where Mr. Keith鈥檚 face appeared larger than the others. (emphasis theirs)

The new evidence also further implicates an alternative suspect with a violent criminal history who told a police informant that he was paid to carry out the murders for which Keith is scheduled to die. The police, aware of the statements by the alternative suspect, never turned this information over to Keith鈥檚 counsel.

In May, Keith鈥檚 attorneys filed a motion for a new trial based on the additional evidence, which is still pending. And on August 11, the state of Ohio will hold a clemency hearing in his case.

You can help by urging the Ohio Parole Board and Gov. Ted Strickland to grant clemency to Kevin Keith. The letter states:

No court has ever had the entirety of new evidence before it鈥�Mr. Keith has steadfastly maintained his innocence from the time of his arrest and throughout his 16 years on death row. The State of Ohio now risks putting to death an innocent man with no jury ever hearing the entirety of evidence of innocence鈥�I appeal to the Ohio Parole Board and Governor Strickland to grant clemency to Kevin Keith.

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