COLUMBUS (AP) -- The Ohio Parole Board is ready to announce whether it will recommend mercy for a condemned man convicted of fatally stabbing his Cleveland neighbor 17 times.
The board planned to release its recommendation Tuesday in the unusual case of Billy Slagle, whose bid for clemency is backed by the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office.
The board ruled unanimously against mercy for Slagle two years ago, but that was before new Prosecutor Tim McGinty reversed his office's position.
McGinty says his review of the case finds it's unlikely that Slagle would receive a death sentence today now that life without parole is an option.
The 44-year-old Slagle was sentenced to die for killing Mari Anne Pope during a 1987 burglary.
The board planned to release its recommendation Tuesday in the unusual case of Billy Slagle, whose bid for clemency is backed by the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office.
The board ruled unanimously against mercy for Slagle two years ago, but that was before new Prosecutor Tim McGinty reversed his office's position.
McGinty says his review of the case finds it's unlikely that Slagle would receive a death sentence today now that life without parole is an option.
The 44-year-old Slagle was sentenced to die for killing Mari Anne Pope during a 1987 burglary.