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Death row inmate spared after childhood abuse revelations

John Kasich has granted clemency to a killer sentenced to die. [Courtesy]

A US governor has spared a convicted killer sentenced to die after a juror said that his childhood abuse had not been properly detailed at trial.

Ohio Governor John Kasich commuted Raymond Tibbetts' sentence to life in jail due to "fundamental flaws" in his sentencing.

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