Draft:2002 Lima apartment shootings
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On July 26, 2002, the jury found Jackson guilty of two counts of aggravated murder, one count of aggravated robbery, and six counts of attempted aggravated murder.{{cite news |title=Lima jury convicts 2nd man in killings |date=July 26, 2002 |work=Toledo Blade |url=https://www.toledoblade.com/local/2002/07/26/Lima-jury-convicts-2nd-man-in-killings/stories/200207260005 }} |
On July 26, 2002, the jury found Jackson guilty of two counts of aggravated murder, one count of aggravated robbery, and six counts of attempted aggravated murder.{{cite news |title=Lima jury convicts 2nd man in killings |date=July 26, 2002 |work=Toledo Blade |url=https://www.toledoblade.com/local/2002/07/26/Lima-jury-convicts-2nd-man-in-killings/stories/200207260005 }} |
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On August 5, 2002, Jackson was formally sentenced to death for murdering Williams and Grant. During sentencing, Allen County Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey Reed remarked that the heinous actions of Jackson placed him "in that narrow class of murderers that deserve society's ultimate punishment."{{cite news |title=Girls' killer is sentenced to death |date=August 6, 2002 |work=Toledo Blade |url=https://www.toledoblade.com/local/2002/08/06/Girls-killer-is-sentenced-to-death.html }} |
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==Appeals== |
==Appeals== |
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===Cunningham's appeals=== |
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===Jackson's appeals=== |
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On November 23, 2005, after hearing Jackson's appeal, the Ohio Supreme Court overturned one of Jackson's death sentences for the murder of Grant, but at the same time, they unanimously upheld Jackson's other death sentence for the murder of Williams.{{cite news |title=1 of 2 death sentences stands for Lima killer |date=November 24, 2005 |work=Toledo Blade |url=https://www.toledoblade.com/local/2005/11/24/1-of-2-death-sentences-stands-for-Lima-killer/stories/200511240045 }} Subsequently, Jackson was re-sentenced to life imprisonment for Grant's murder, although he remained on death row for Williams's murder.{{cite news |title=Killer Still Facing Death Despite Life Term In 1 Case |date=November 29, 2006 |work=Toledo Blade |url=https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=kmxPAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA3&dq=Murders+of+Jala+Grant+and+Leneshia+Williams&article_id=6453,3972097 }} |
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On July 24, 2012, Jackson's appeal against his remaining death sentence was rejected by the [[6th Circuit Court of Appeals]].{{cite news |title=Court upholds death sentence |date=July 25, 2012 |work=Toledo Blade |url=https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2012/07/25/Court-upholds-death-sentence/stories/201207250075 }} |
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==Scheduled execution of Jackson== |
==Scheduled execution of Jackson== |
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