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Feb 27, 2009, 11:37am »
Convicted killer waives appeals, comes closer to execution
By Valerie Lough
Staff Writer
Thursday, February 26, 2009
SPRINGFIELD — Jason Dean, convicted in 2006 of the murder of a youth
counselor, came one step closer to execution Thursday, Feb. 26, after
a judge granted Dean's motion to abandon part of his appeal process.
Clark County Common Pleas Judge Douglas Rastatter granted Dean's
motion to dismiss all his post-conviction proceedings in the local
court, said Clark County Prosecutor Stephen Schumaker.
Dean still has an appeal pending in the Ohio Supreme Court that will
move forward, said his attorney, Joseph Wilhelm, assistant state
public defender.
Dean was sentenced to death in June 2006 after being found guilty of
killing Titus Arnold in 2005.
Dean's accomplice, Joshua Wade, was convicted of murder charges in 2006.
Although Wade was convicted of pulling the trigger in Arnold's
shooting, Wade wasn't eligible for the death penalty because he was
16 at the time of the murder.
www.springfieldnewssun.com/n/cont....022709dean.html
Convicted killer waives appeals, comes closer to execution
By Valerie Lough
Staff Writer
Thursday, February 26, 2009
SPRINGFIELD — Jason Dean, convicted in 2006 of the murder of a youth
counselor, came one step closer to execution Thursday, Feb. 26, after
a judge granted Dean's motion to abandon part of his appeal process.
Clark County Common Pleas Judge Douglas Rastatter granted Dean's
motion to dismiss all his post-conviction proceedings in the local
court, said Clark County Prosecutor Stephen Schumaker.
Dean still has an appeal pending in the Ohio Supreme Court that will
move forward, said his attorney, Joseph Wilhelm, assistant state
public defender.
Dean was sentenced to death in June 2006 after being found guilty of
killing Titus Arnold in 2005.
Dean's accomplice, Joshua Wade, was convicted of murder charges in 2006.
Although Wade was convicted of pulling the trigger in Arnold's
shooting, Wade wasn't eligible for the death penalty because he was
16 at the time of the murder.
www.springfieldnewssun.com/n/cont....022709dean.html