Ex-death row inmate reaches deal, get 55 years at On the Beat in the Bluegrass

Ex-death row inmate reaches deal, get 55 years

Published

on October 6, 2008

. Tags: 55 years, Dartmont, Death Row, Henry Hamblin, Hugh Marlowe, inmate.

The Associated Press

HARLAN — A former death row inmate pleaded guilty and received 55 years in prison for the 1981 murder and robbery of an eastern Kentucky man.

Hugh Marlowe, who spent 19 years on death row, accepted the deal on Friday in the death of 78-year-old Henry Hamblin of Dartmont on Nov. 13, 1981.

The deal came after nearly a year of legal wrangling that promted Special Judge Cletus Maricle to set an Oct. 3 deadline for prosecutors and Marlowe’s attorneys to reach a deal, the Harlan Daily Enterprise reported.

Marlowe was convicted in 1982 of murdering Hamblin, who was shot with a pistol and beaten to death. Maricle ordered a new sentencing hearing for Marlowe in August 2001, a decision upheld by the Kentucky Supreme Court in 2007. Maricle rejected a motion for a new trial.

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Ashlee Clark is the Richmond bureau reporter for the Herald-Leader. She has covered general assignments in Madison, Clark, Estill, Powell and Montgomery counties since she joined the newspaper in September 2007. Ashlee, a Louisville native, is a graduate of Western Kentucky University, where she received degrees in journalism and sociology.

Shawntaye Hopkins is the Herald-Leader’s police reporter, covering local law enforcement, fire and EMS and breaking news. She joined the staff in September 2006 as the newspaper’s night police reporter. Shawntaye, a Louisville native, graduated from Western Kentucky University where she studied journalism and criminology. Shawntaye resides in Lexington.

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