Man convicted in 1994 murders wants a new trial

YOUNGSTOWN — A man convicted of the Jan. 28, 1994, murders of a convenience store owner and clerk, who is scheduled to be executed on Feb. 4, will have a hearing next month on his request for a new trial.

The hearing on Mark Aaron Brown’s request for a new trial will be at 9 a.m. Jan. 15 before Judge Maureen A. Sweeney of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court.

Brown, 37, was sentenced to death for killing Isam Salman, owner of the Midway Market on Elm Street, and to life in prison for killing the clerk, Hayder Al-Turk. Both victims were fatally shot in the head in the North Side store.

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