Ohio court upholds condemned killer’s new death sentence

COLUMBUS (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence of a man convicted of killing a youth counselor after a retrial and resentencing.

The court’s 6-1 ruling on Tuesday said defendant Jason Dean showed little remorse and that the circumstances of the slaying during a robbery outweighed any evidence Dean presented in his favor.

The 40-year-old Dean was convicted in 2006 of killing youth counselor Titus Arnold during a four-day shooting spree in Springfield.

Five years ago, the state Supreme Court ordered a new trial for Dean even as the justices acknowledged substantial evidence of his guilt. That unanimous ruling said a Clark County judge was so biased against Dean’s attorneys that he tainted the entire trial.

Dean was re-tried in 2011 and sentenced to death again.