Darnell Williams, who was sched­uled to be exectued in Indiana on July 9, was grant­ed a com­mu­ta­tion of his death sen­tence to life with­out parole by Governor Joe Kernan. It was the first com­mu­ta­tion in a death penal­ty case in that state in 48 years. The gov­er­nor cit­ed the fact that a co-defen­dant in the case, Gregory Rouster, had received a life sen­tence, and hence it would be unfair to exe­cute Williams. (CNN​.com (AP sto­ry), July 2, 2004). See Clemency.
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