Post by Anja Nieser on Oct 1, 2006 5:53:57 GMT -5
Man Could Still Face Death Penalty In Pa.
A man whose death sentence was thrown out in one state is about to be
tried in Pennsylvania for killing 2 college students 7 years ago.
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that Terrell Yarbrough's conviction wasn't
valid because the killings happened in Pennsylvania.
The court ruled that a Pennsylvania court should hear the case.
The judge ruled that there's enough evidence to send Yarbrough to trial in
Pennsylvania. Once again, hell face the prospect of the death penalty.
"I have at this point in time 5 people on death row," said Washington
County prosecutor John Pettit. "I don't take any great pleasure in that,
but I do what my job calls for me to do."
Yarbroughs preliminary hearing revealed conflicting versions of who shot
Franciscan University students Brian Muha and Aaron Land after they were
kidnapped from their apartment in Steubenville, Ohio in 1999.
A Steubenville police officer testified that Yarbrough told him both
victims were pistol whipped in the apartment by defendant Nathan Herring,
who has yet to come to trial in Pennsylvania.
Yarbrough told the officer that herring chose the 2 victims claiming they
owed him money. They were allegedly forced to commit a sex act with each
other on the ride to a wooded hillside.
Yarbrough said Herring shot both in the head.
However, inmate Shawn Dudley - a friend of Herring's - testified that
Yarbrough confessed to him that he pulled the trigger.
(source: KDKA News)
A man whose death sentence was thrown out in one state is about to be
tried in Pennsylvania for killing 2 college students 7 years ago.
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that Terrell Yarbrough's conviction wasn't
valid because the killings happened in Pennsylvania.
The court ruled that a Pennsylvania court should hear the case.
The judge ruled that there's enough evidence to send Yarbrough to trial in
Pennsylvania. Once again, hell face the prospect of the death penalty.
"I have at this point in time 5 people on death row," said Washington
County prosecutor John Pettit. "I don't take any great pleasure in that,
but I do what my job calls for me to do."
Yarbroughs preliminary hearing revealed conflicting versions of who shot
Franciscan University students Brian Muha and Aaron Land after they were
kidnapped from their apartment in Steubenville, Ohio in 1999.
A Steubenville police officer testified that Yarbrough told him both
victims were pistol whipped in the apartment by defendant Nathan Herring,
who has yet to come to trial in Pennsylvania.
Yarbrough told the officer that herring chose the 2 victims claiming they
owed him money. They were allegedly forced to commit a sex act with each
other on the ride to a wooded hillside.
Yarbrough said Herring shot both in the head.
However, inmate Shawn Dudley - a friend of Herring's - testified that
Yarbrough confessed to him that he pulled the trigger.
(source: KDKA News)