Ohio Supreme Court hearing Youngstown murder case


March 11, 2014 at 10:27a.m.

Ohio Supreme Court hearing Youngstown murder case

COLUMBUS

The state’s high court is considering whether a Mahoning County man should be executed for the rape and murder of a Youngstown State University student nearly three decades ago.

The Ohio Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in the case against Bennie Adams, who hopes to overturn the conviction and death sentence he received for the 1985 crime. Among other issues, justices have to determine whether capital punishment is appropriate in a murder case with a conviction that came after the statute of limitations for related crimes expired.

For more on this story, see Wednesday’s Vindicator or vindy.com