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    The Governor of Ohio has issued a warrant of reprieve for inmate Abdul H. Awkal, who was scheduled to be executed on June 6, 2012. The reprieve delays the execution until June 20, 2012. According to Ohio law, the Governor has the authority to grant temporary reprieves to those sentenced to death. Awkal will remain incarcerated on Death Row at Chillicothe Correctional Institution until the new execution date unless further reprieve or clemency is granted.

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    The Governor of Ohio has issued a warrant of reprieve for inmate Abdul H. Awkal, who was scheduled to be executed on June 6, 2012. The reprieve delays the execution until June 20, 2012. According to Ohio law, the Governor has the authority to grant temporary reprieves to those sentenced to death. Awkal will remain incarcerated on Death Row at Chillicothe Correctional Institution until the new execution date unless further reprieve or clemency is granted.

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    Awkal Warrant of Reprieve

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    The Governor of Ohio has issued a warrant of reprieve for inmate Abdul H. Awkal, who was scheduled to be executed on June 6, 2012. The reprieve delays the execution until June 20, 2012. According to Ohio law, the Governor has the authority to grant temporary reprieves to those sentenced to death. Awkal will remain incarcerated on Death Row at Chillicothe Correctional Institution until the new execution date unless further reprieve or clemency is granted.

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    STATE OF OHIO

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    OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR

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    WARRANT OF REPRIEVE

    WHEREAS, Abdul H. Awkal, #A267-328 is currently incarcerated in the custody of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction under sentence of death; and WHEREAS, an execution date for said inmate has been set for June 6, 2012, and has not been stayed by any court; and WHEREAS, Ohio Revised Code Section 2967.08 provides that the Governor may grant, a reprieve for a definite time to a person under sentence of death, with or without notices or application; and WHEREAS, circumstances exist justifying the grant of a temporary reprieve, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in the Governor by the Constitution and the laws of this state, I do hereby direct that the said sentence of death be reprieved for Abdul H. Awkal until June 20, 2012. This inmate is to remain incarcerated on Death Row at the Chillicothe Correctional Institution. Said sentence is to be carried out at 10:00 a.m., June 20, 2072 nnless further reprieve or clemency is granted. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and caused the Great Seal of the State of Ohio to be affixed, at Columbus, this $" day of June in the year,Two Thousand and Twelve.

    Filed this - day of June2012, with the Cuyahog C unty Common Pleas Clerk of Court by

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    JUN 5 2012 CLERK OF COURT I SUPREME COURT OF OHIO

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