COLUMBUS, Ohio — The death sentence is appropriate for a man who planned a killing and restrained the victim as he was fatally stabbed, even though the man who wielded the knife received a life sentence instead, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled Thursday. The court’s unanimous decision rejected arguments by death row inmate Austin Myers that his death sentence is disproportionate because of the life sentence given to co-defendant Tim Mosley. Prosecutors had argued the court couldn’t weigh proportion in the case because no factors for or against a death sentence were presented in Mosley’s case, since he pleaded guilty. Based on that case, Myers should have received life without parole and not a death sentence, his attorneys argued. DeWine said the Getsy case actually undercuts Myers’ argument, because the state Supreme Court found it troubling that the attack’s planner did not receive a death sentence.

Source: National Post May 17, 2018 14:58 UTC