19-year-old sentenced to death

a teenage killer officially sentenced to death a judge agreed with a Warren County jury which sentenced 19-year old Austin Myers to death he is now the youngest person on death row in Ohio not on your side's J Warren was there as a mother pleaded for her son's life Austin Myers showed no emotion as the death sentence was imposed in fact he showed no emotion throughout the entire course of the trial today in a last-ditch effort Austin Myers stood up and asked Judge Donald Oda to spare his life Myers and his co-defendant Timothy Mosley killed 18 year-old Justin back during a robbery attempt at his home in Waynesville today the judge imposed the jury's recommendation of death the Court finds that the state has proven beyond a reasonable doubt that the aggravating circumstance outweighs the mitigating factor therefore the sentence of death shall be imposed upon Austin Gregory Myers on the charge of aggravated murder Myers once again showed no emotion out of touch with reality that's how prosecutor David Fornshell describes him during the trial he actually had a conversation at jail call with his dad where he agreed that his plea agreement would be that if we dismissed all charges against him that he wouldn't sue me for wrongful imprisonment outside the courtroom Justin's mother sandy Cate says she believes justice has been served just went out in a very bad way and so we're happy with it but again it's sad at the same time because this could have been prevented Austin made this choice Barney back Justin's father says not knowing why Austin Myers killed his son continues to haunt him I doubt he'll ever tell me but if he ever wants to that's fine I'm open to that send me a letter that's fine Justin back was just 10 days away from going into the Navy when he was killed today his mother said that she doesn't want him to be remembered as a victim they plan to set up a foundation to help other kids and keep his memory alive J warren 9 on your side lebanon

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Length: 2min 8sec (128 seconds)

Published: Thu Oct 16 2014