Oklahoma
Board rejects clemency request of Oklahoma death row inmate
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board on Wednesday rejected a request to advocate clemency for a demise row inmate who killed his girlfriend’s 3-year-old son in 1993.
The board turned down the request to advocate to Gov. Kevin Stitt that Richard Stephen Fairchild be spared for the beating demise of Adam Broomhall in Del Metropolis. Fairchild, 62, is about to be executed on Nov. 17.
Protection legal professional Emma Rolls argued that Fairchild was abused as a baby, suffers from psychological sickness, and is remorseful for his actions.
“As Richard Fairchild’s mind has deteriorated, he has descended into psychosis,” Rolls mentioned in an announcement.
“Mr. Fairchild is now affected by the consequences of main psychological sickness, particularly schizoaffective dysfunction, leaving him tortured with continued delusions,” Rolls mentioned. “But regardless of having misplaced contact with actuality, Richard stays remorseful for his crime and continues to have an unblemished jail file.”
Oklahoma Legal professional Common John O’Connor mentioned in an announcement that the board made the right determination.
“Fairchild, brutally tortured (the kid) to demise on Nov. 13, 1995, for wetting the mattress,” O’Connor mentioned. “Fairchild … beat, burned, and threw Adam into the facet of a desk, silencing his cries ceaselessly.”