Board of Pardons Recommendation Regarding Clemency of Robert Gattis
January 15, 2012
January 15, 2012
DOVER, Del., Jan. 15 -- Delaware Department of State issued the following news release:
The Board has before it a very difficult decision as a human life hangs in the balance. By a four to one vote, the Board is recommending that Mr. Gattis's death sentence be commuted, provided that he agrees to spend the rest of his natural life in prison with no further appeals for relief.
We wish to set forth briefly in writing the essential basis for our recommendation.
The Board has before it a very difficult decision as a human life hangs in the balance. By a four to one vote, the Board is recommending that Mr. Gattis's death sentence be commuted, provided that he agrees to spend the rest of his natural life in prison with no further appeals for relief.
We wish to set forth briefly in writing the essential basis for our recommendation.