Ashford Thompson Granted Stay of Execution by Ohio Supreme Court
Thompson was originally scheduled to be executed June 23, 2011
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The Ohio Supreme Court granted a stay of execution Monday for Ashford Thompson, who was convicted of aggravated murder in the death of Twinsburg Police Officer Joshua Miktarian in 2008.
Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor granted the stay for Thompson, 26, because of a mandatory appeal of his sentence. Last year Judge Elinore Marsh Stormer sentenced Thompson to be executed June 23, 2011.
In a memorandum filed Dec. 14, Thompson’s public defenders, Kimberly Brigby and Rachel Troutman, said every defendant has an automatic right to appeal a death sentence.
“Thompson’s direct appeal will not be completed before June 23, 2011,” they wrote in the memorandum. “Thompson seeks this Stay of Execution to allow a thorough and considered review of his conviction and sentence.”
Brigby today declined to comment further on the case but did say the appeal process is just beginning and that a stay in such cases is common.
Twinsburg Police Lt. Michael Nakata said the department is not shocked by this ruling.
“It’s a procedural thing and it was kind of to be expected and it’s not much of a surprise,” Nakata said.
Erik Ahlblad
1:51 pm on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
No! He will live on death row for decades and then die of natural causes. There are many persons on death row with many levels of appeals.
John
4:33 am on Sunday, December 2, 2012
Unfortunately, he will likely die of old age before he's executed. I just hope that living with the anticipation of possible execution is a living nightmare for him.
bob sharp
7:50 am on Saturday, December 15, 2012
U can not judge someone for something like like this......u don't know what drove him into the conditions to do this..........consider the orther person........judges and lawyers knows nothing about human behavior and the factors that shape a person to do certain things......but they constantly judge u and have the nerve to give someone 20 years or the death penalty.......it is the society tht we live in that makes killers ....they are not made.......just like soilders are made ........made murderes ......made killers
Steven
3:31 am on Friday, January 25, 2013
So then whats your suggestion? You advocate letting killers go because you don't know why they did it. wow, there would be a lot of murders going on in your world.
bob sharp
8:00 am on Saturday, December 15, 2012
Sorry correction.....killers are not born....they are made ......like soilders are killing murderes that are made.........u have to change the enviornment to alter the peoples behavior.........because ur behavior is enviornmentally determined.......if u were born in germany as a nazi then u wud be a nazi......if u grew up in an uneducated part of the south and said things like I'm a get me a nigger and hang him....is that u tlking or ur enviornment.........clearly ur enviornment..........ones socially offensive behavior is all enviornment generated.....if u are also a religious person and read ur bible it says right there thall shall not JUDGE.....THALL SHALL NOT JUDGE......know what u are reading......society avoids dealin with these problems and looks the other way and rather just execute someone.....we will go down as the lowest primitive civilization that ever came about ....we will not mke the history books......they will be embarrassed and appaulled on how we conducted and managed our society today.........the future horror movies will be based on how we lived today and how it didn't work...
nevAuMind
11:44 pm on Monday, April 29, 2013
and what do we do with 90 % black who are in Prison and have more handed out to them by the government than any other group. How long will we play the slave card. I can't stand a single one of them and my face clearly shows it when I must deal with one.
Carl S
9:32 am on Friday, January 25, 2013
ya needs ta lert ta spel betr bobb. just a thought. <wink> ha
Tracy
10:14 am on Friday, January 25, 2013
Ooookay let's blame society on this guy murdering a cop! Are you serious? This is just cause and effect....you shoot and officer you get it back 10xs fold! That guy was a husband and father and because of "society" he is dead now????? OMG, you're an idiot.
dawsy
4:32 pm on Thursday, March 14, 2013
it doesnt matter a jot what his upbringing or reasons for why he did it... he did it! thats what counts and he must pay for it. he didnt have to pull the trigger it was his choice and his choice alone! he ended not only one life but ruined it for his family also! this is never brought into consideration! he ( ashford thompson) should die full stop
g
11:59 pm on Sunday, April 14, 2013
The power of choice (drop the mic and walk away)
nevAuMind
11:41 pm on Monday, April 29, 2013
It's a damn shame that these nasty ghetto criminals have more rights than the officer slain. Kill the POS , stop wasting our tax dollars and use that money for the widow and her daughter.
Carl S
1:10 pm on Tuesday, April 30, 2013
There is no doubt he did it. why,oh why, are we going to pay for an appeals process? We as a society have become so scared of not being Politically correct on crapola, we continue to chase our tails on so many things:-(. I do feel sorry for his parents. They probably did their best, wondering where they failed. It wasnt them. It was him, and him alone.
nevAuMind
10:05 am on Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Not so sure about that Carl S, his parents I mean. Look at his criminal sister. They couldn't be hands on parents.
Carl S
10:31 am on Wednesday, May 1, 2013
hmmm, good point neva, good point.
JOshua
7:46 pm on Thursday, May 9, 2013
Wow sooo many ignorant people here. you dont know what happened yet you take sides??? because the guy was a cop oh yeah because ALL cops are saints and all niggers are evil right?? fuck off HITLER
Carl S
8:35 pm on Thursday, May 9, 2013
Because he killed/murdered/SLAUGHTERED someone. Playing the race card I see...
Carl S
8:37 pm on Thursday, May 9, 2013
I regret even responding to such a assinine response JOshua. I really do.