Wednesday, October 12th 2022, 8:36 am
Death row prisoner Richard Fairchild will go before the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole board for a clemency hearing on Wednesday morning.
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Fairchild was sentenced to death for beating his girlfriend's three-year-old son to death in Del City in 1993.
The clemency petition argues Fairchild did not receive effective legal representation during his trial. Fairchild was diagnosed with a brain injury from boxing when he was younger, a fact that petitioners say should spare him from the death penalty.
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Fairchild is currently set to be executed on November 17th.
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