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Jury Recommends Death Penalty For Beasley

A Summit County jury has recommended the death penalty for a triple killer convicted of luring his victims to Eastern Ohio with bogus on-line job offers.The jury made its recommendation after hearing from witnesses for 53-year-old Richard Beasley. Beasley's mother and a psychologist portrayed him as a man dealing with depression and other problems after a troubled, abusive childhood. The self-styled street preacher was convicted of teaming up with a teenager to rob and kill three men and wound a fourth. Brogan Rafferty was sentenced to life in prison last year. Judge Lynn Callahan read aloud the recommendation she received from the jury last night.

  

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.