05-12-2017 20:30 via 10tv.com

Ohio man challenges death sentence, says actual killer given life

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A condemned Ohio killer is challenging his death sentence on the grounds that the man who fatally stabbed the victim received a life sentence.Austin Myers was sentenced to die for the 2014 killing in southwestern Ohio of childhood friend Justin Back, who was about to enter the Navy.Authorities say the 18-year-old Back was killed during a burglary and his body dumped in a rural area.Attorneys for Myers argued before the Ohio Supreme Court Tuesday that his death sentenc
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