Malloy cast the lone “no” vote, due to the circumstances of the crime. Board member Kevin Buchanan said he believed Thompson had served enough time in prison and would not be a danger to the ...

Absent was Kevin Buchanan. Gov. Kevin Stitt could have commuted the death sentence to life in prison without the possibility of parole if the board had recommended clemency. He has done so only once.

Wayne Thompson, who has been in jail for more than 40 years for killing his sister's abusive ex-husband, was 15 at the time ...