John William Byrd Jr.
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John William Byrd Jr. was an American murderer who was executed by lethal injection for killing convenience store clerk Monte Tewksbury. Byrd, who protested his innocence until his execution, spent 18
Mug shot of John William Byrd Jr.
Bob Taft
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Robert Alphonso Taft III is an American politician and attorney who served as the 67th governor of Ohio from 1999 to 2007. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as Ohio secretary of s
John William Byrd Jr.
…Court justices. On August 23, 2001, the Ohio Parole Board, by a vote of 10–1 rejected Byrd's request for a positive clemency recommendation and urged Governor Bob Taft not to grant executive clemency. The board rejected Byrd's innocence claim, finding that John Brewer's post-trial confession that he, and not Byrd, was…
Official portrait, 1990
Taft with President Ronald Reagan, 1984
Taft greets President George H. W. Bush, 1990
Taft addresses local media, 2001