STATEHOUSE TREE--Randall Wright trims the Holiday Tree, on the west grounds of the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday, Nov. 19, 1999. Gov. Bob Taft will officially light the tree during a ceremony at 5:30 P.M. on Thursday, Dec. 2, 1999. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

OHIOANS THINK WRONGFUL EXECUTIONS "LIKELY"--Sam Reese Sheppard holds a sign during a news conference the announced the results of an Ohio State University poll concerning the death penality, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday, Nov. 19, 1999. When questioned as to the likelihood of an innocent person being wrongly convicted and executed, 68% of Ohioans reported that such an occurrence to be either somewhat or very likely. Sam Reese Sheppard is the son of Dr. Sam Sheppard whose wrongful conviction was the basis of the television series and movie The Fugitive. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)