The Latest: Ohio governor pushes September execution to May

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Latest on condemned killer spared by Ohio governor (all times local):

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Latest on condemned killer spared by Ohio governor (all times local):

12:30 p.m.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich has delayed the execution of a killer who was set to die in September after he said the inmate's attorneys stopped working on the case.

The decision Friday by the Republican governor moves the scheduled execution of Cleveland Jackson from September to May 2019.

Jackson was sentenced to die for the 2002 shooting of a 17-year-old girl in Lima during a robbery.

Kasich said he delayed the execution after Jackson's former attorneys admitted they failed to do any work to prepare for Jackson's application for clemency over the past four years.

Attorney James Jenkins declined to comment. A message was left with attorney John Gibbons.

On Friday, Kasich also spared condemned killer Raymond Tibbetts over concerns the extent of the inmate's childhood abuse was shielded at trial.

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12:15 p.m.

A juror who came forward with concerns that the extent of a condemned Ohio killer's childhood abuse was shielded at trial says he appreciates the governor's decision to spare the inmate.

Former juror Ross Geiger says the truth is what matters most so situations such as the case of ex-death row inmate Raymond Tibbetts can be avoided in the future.

Geiger also expressed his "utmost respect" for the families of Tibbetts' victims, saying they've had to endure 20 years of uncertainty.

GOP Gov. John Kasich (KAY'-sihk) on Friday commuted Tibbetts' death sentence to life without the possibility of parole.

Federal public defender Erin Barnhart says Kasich did a great service by sparing Tibbetts.

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