The Ohio Supreme Court, though, ruled that Callahan didn't follow one of the requirements for consecutive sentences. Related story: Convicted Craigslist killer Richard Beasley sentenced to death
Judge Lynne Callahan, who is now on the 9th District Court of Appeals bench, imposed sentences for these other charges to run consecutively to Beasley's death sentence. The scheme was only uncovered when a fourth man was shot but escaped.īeasley was convicted of aggravated murder - resulting in the death sentence - and numerous other offenses, including attempted murder, aggravated robbery and kidnapping. The murders made national news because Beasley used Craigslist to lure the men to a remote spot in southern Ohio. Rafferty got life in prison without parole, while Beasley was sentenced to death. Beasley and his teenage accomplice, Brogan Rafferty of Stow, were convicted in 2013. Related story: Beasley case returns to Summit Countyīeasley was convicted of posting bogus job offers on Craigslist to rob and murder three men in 2011. The Ohio Supreme Court ruled in January that Beasley must be resentenced for his convictions on numerous non-capital charges because of a technical issue involving his original sentencing. The net result was the same, though, with the Akron man sentenced to death and to multiple consecutive sentences for his other crimes.īeasley, 61, appeared via video from the Chillicothe Correctional Institution, sitting in a wheelchair next to Don Hicks, one of his attorneys. Craigslist killer Richard Beasley returned to Summit County Common Pleas Court via video Wednesday to be resentenced because of a procedural error during his first sentencing.
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