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TOLEDO, Ohio -- A Scotsman released after two decades on Ohio's death row will be back in court on charges that he threatened a judge who prosecuted his original case.
Forty-seven-year-old Ken Richey is scheduled for a Wednesday court hearing in northwest Ohio to face charges of retaliation and violating a civil protection order.
Authorities say Richey left a threatening phone message at the courthouse in Ottawa where he was sentenced to death nearly 25 years ago.
Richey was released four years ago under a plea deal after a federal court overturned his death sentence. He had been convicted of starting a fire that killed a toddler.
Putnam County sheriff's deputies went to Tupelo, Miss., on Monday to pick up Richey. He had been living in that city and was arrested there on the Ohio charges.
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