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Interview with Ken Richey, Exonerated Scot Inmate

By Jeralyn, Section Innocence Cases
Posted on Sun Jan 30, 2005 at 04:53:45 PM EST
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The Independent has an interview with exonerated death row inmate and Scottish citizen Ken Richey.

A Briton who faced the death sentence for 18 years in an American jail has spoken for the first time of his harrowing ordeal, saying he was "treated like an animal" for a crime he did not commit.

In an exclusive interview with The Independent on Sunday, Kenneth Richey, whose sentence was finally quashed last week after a campaign backed by the Pope, Hollywood stars and Tony Blair, revealed he had been shackled and handcuffed for 23 hours a day as he faced death by lethal injection.

Richey is 40 years old and was imprisoned since he was 22. Not only did he not commit the crime, it is likely there was no crime, and that the fire he was accused of setting was accidentally started. When he is released, he plans to return to the Scottish Highlands.

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    Interview with Ken Richey, Exonerated Scot Inmate | 4 comments (4 topical)
    Re: Interview with Ken Richey, Exonerated Scot In (none / 0) (#1)
    by Kitt on Sun Jan 30, 2005 at 09:26:47 PM EST
    Oh, how very interesting: "Of the 23 people executed in Texas last year, 12 were black, eight were white and three Hispanic. The state lists the final words of those who are executed on its website." I wish I remembered the web site that also lists what each death row inmate executed had as their last meal.

    Re: Interview with Ken Richey, Exonerated Scot In (none / 0) (#2)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sun Jan 30, 2005 at 11:47:50 PM EST
    A Scot who is a British citizen.

    Re: Interview with Ken Richey, Exonerated Scot In (none / 0) (#3)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Mon Jan 31, 2005 at 01:00:26 AM EST
    It was the Texas Department of Corrections but they took the page down in Dec, 2003:
    In the end – the very end – it comes down to a matter of taste. After years of posting the last meals of condemned inmates for public perusal, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice has deleted that information from its Web site. The elimination of the popular page was part of a redesign to be launched this week, said department spokeswoman Michelle Lyons, but the decision to remove the information was also partly in response to objections. "We had gotten some complaints from people who thought it was in poor taste," Ms. Lyons said.


    Re: Interview with Ken Richey, Exonerated Scot In (none / 0) (#4)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Mon Jan 31, 2005 at 02:04:34 PM EST
    I wish I remembered the web site that also lists what each death row inmate executed had as their last meal. As mentioned above, the last meal orders have been removed. You'll have to hope for someone listing the menu as his last words.

    Interview with Ken Richey, Exonerated Scot Inmate | 4 comments (4 topical)