Ohio court overturns death sentence for convicted murderer, orders new trial

A divided Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned the death sentence of a man convicted of murdering a female bartender and ordered a new trial, saying prosecutors erred in showing jurors knives not used in the crime that the man owned.The 4-3 ruling sends the case of defendant Joseph Thomasback to Lake County for a new trial.Thomas, 33, of Perry Township, in northeast Ohio, was convicted in 2012 for the kidnapping, rape and aggravated murder of bartender Anne McSween, 49, which occurred two