USA: Man facing execution in Ohio for 1995 murder

Index Number: AMR 51/086/2009
Date Published: 24 July 2009
Categories: USA

Jason Getsy, aged 33, is scheduled to be executed in Ohio on 18 August. He was sentenced to death in 1996 for a murder committed in 1995 when he was 19 years old. The state Adult Parole Authority has recommended that Governor Ted Strickland commute his death sentence to life imprisonment. The recommendation is non-binding.