Killer of 3-year-old seeks mercy from Ohio parole board

Ohio's prison parole board began hearing arguments Thursday for and against mercy for a man set to die in January for the 1993 rape and killing of his girlfriend's 3-year-old daughter.Ronald Phillips is the first death row inmate scheduled for execution next year under a new process for putting condemned prisoners to death.The Department of Rehabilitation and Correction has said it plans to execute Phillips and two other inmates with a three-drug combination that's similar to a method it used se