A jury in southwest Ohio will begin hearing evidence and recommend to a judge whether a Kentucky man should be executed for killing an 87-year-old Ohio woman and leaving her body in the trunk of her car.
The same jury that found 57-year-old Daniel French of Berea, Kentucky, guilty of aggravated murder will begin Wednesday listening to arguments for and against execution.
French was convicted last Thursday of aggravated murder in the slaying of Barbara Howe in 2012.
Prosecutors say French cut Howe’s throat after gaining entry by posing as a maintenance worker in her Monroe retirement community. The defense insisted French had no plan to kill her.
The judge will have the final say on French’s sentence.
Source: AP
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