Board again rejects mercy for Ohio killer despite juror's concern

COLUMBUS — The Ohio Parole Board on Friday again rejected a request for mercy from a condemned killer who fatally stabbed a man two decades ago, despite an ex-juror's revelation that he now regrets his vote in favor of a death sentence.The board ruled 8-1 against sparing death row inmate Raymond Tibbetts, set to die in October for killing Fred Hicks at Hicks' Cincinnati home in 1997.The board's ruling said clemency is not warranted."The vicious and gratuitous murder of Fred Hicks immediate