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(7 Jan 2008) SHOTLIST
1. Ken Richey walking into courtroom
2. Tilt up of Richey standing in handcuffs, Richey sits, pan to Judge Alan Travis
3. Various of Travis
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Gary Lammers, Putnam County Prosecutor:
''The parties have agreed in essence that the state would dismiss the charge of aggravated arson and aggravated murder and dismiss those with prejudice. In exchange for those dismissals the defendant would tender a plea of no contest to the remaining counts including the amended count five and stipulate to findings of guilt on those.''
5. Close of Richey
6. Pan from Lammers to Richey
7. Pan from Travis to Richey
8. Mid of relatives and supporters of Richey
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Shelley Price, victims advocate reading statement on behalf of Robert Collins, father of Cynthia Collins:
"I will never have closure now that the outcome has changed. It will continue to haunt me the rest of my life. I just wish Cynthia could appeal her death and come back to life. Robert Collins, January 7 2008."
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Valerie Binkley, Aunt of Cynthia Collins:
"I have six pages here, wrote, and I know I can't make it through here. But I want you to know you fooled nobody. Not me. Not that baby. Not any of these people. You will burn in hell."
11. Man shaking his head, looking at Richey
12. Binkley crying
13. Lawyers talking amongst each other
14. Richey standing
15. Close of Richey
16. Judge adjourning case
17. Relatives and supporters of Richey smiling
18. Various of Richey leaving court
19. Sheriff's car driving away
STORYLINE:
A British citizen who spent two decades on Ohio's death row was released from jail on Monday after pleading no contest to three charges and being sentenced to time already served in the death of a two-year-old girl.
Ken Richey, who once came within an hour of being executed, walked free for the first time since he was convicted of setting a northwest Ohio apartment fire that killed the toddler in 1986.
Richey pleaded no contest to attempted involuntary manslaughter, child endangering and breaking and entering.
Visiting Franklin County Judge Alan Travis sentenced him to 21 years, which Richey has already served, and ordered his release from the Putnam County jail.
Richey appeared expressionless as he was escorted from the courtroom by sheriff's deputies.
Prosecutors approved the deal after an appeals court overturned Richey's conviction and death sentence last year.
It lets Richey, a US-British citizen, go home to Scotland without admitting that he had anything to do with the fire.
A no contest plea is not an admission of guilt but a statement that no defence will be offered, leaving the defendant subject to being judged guilty and punished.
As part of the deal, Richey, 43, agreed to leave the country within a day, and plans to leave for Scotland on Tuesday.
Prosecutors told him they were worried about threats against Richey, his family and attorney said.
Richey was convicted of setting a fire that killed 2-year-old Cynthia Collins and stayed on death row until a federal appeals court determined in August that his lawyers mishandled his case.
The court overturned his conviction and sentence, saying expert testimony could have indicated that the fire was an accident and not intentionally set.
Richey was sent to county jail after the decision, and the state was set to try him again in March and seek another death sentence.
Instead, Richey pleaded no contest to the state's charges accusing him of telling the toddler's mother he would baby-sit the girl, but failing to do so and leaving her in harm's way.

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