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Aug. 7th, 2004 10:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
theweaselkingBoard Denies Clemency For Inmate Who Killed Wrong Man
Robert Kenneth Hammond, now 59, was 18 when he shot Omaha, Neb., cab driver William R. Edwards to death on a lonely rural road in Pottawattamie County.
Hammond said he killed Edwards because he reminded him of a stepfather he hated. When parole officials reminded him Thursday that he hadn't tried to kill his stepfather, he replied, "No, but I should have, though."
The board voted 5-0 to recommend against granting freedom to Hammond.
Robert Kenneth Hammond, now 59, was 18 when he shot Omaha, Neb., cab driver William R. Edwards to death on a lonely rural road in Pottawattamie County.
Hammond said he killed Edwards because he reminded him of a stepfather he hated. When parole officials reminded him Thursday that he hadn't tried to kill his stepfather, he replied, "No, but I should have, though."
The board voted 5-0 to recommend against granting freedom to Hammond.
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Date: 2004-08-08 05:37 am (UTC)