Prosecutor seeks execution date for killer of 3-year-old

February 10, 2010 at 2:45p.m.

COLUMBUS — Prosecutors have asked the Ohio Supreme Court to set an execution date for a Youngstown man convicted in the 1996 gang-related killing a 3-year-old Youngstown girl.

Mahoning County Prosecutor Paul Gains and Assistant Prosecutor Ralph Rivera filed the paperwork late last month in the case against Sidney Cornwell, who has been on Death Row since May 1997.

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