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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Gov. Ted Strickland granted a death row inmate a sixth reprieve Tuesday to allow more time for DNA testing in a 1982 murder.
At the request of John Spirko's lawyers, Attorney General Marc Dann asked the governor this month to delay Spirko's execution, set for April 17, for four months.
Spirko, 60, was convicted of killing Betty Jane Mottinger of Elgin based on witness statements and his own comments to investigators. He has said he is innocent.
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