OhioPrison Inmate Gets Death Sentence In Strangling

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10/2003

An Ohio prisoner convicted of strangling his cellmate will be executed.

The prisoner, Timothy Hancock, 33, initially got a life sentence for the November 2000 slaying. However, Warren County prosecutors appealed to demand stiffer punishment, and a new sentencing was ordered.

Hancock's death sentence will be automatically appealed to the Ohio Supreme Court, which is required in capital cases.

Hancock was convicted two years ago of killing Jason Wagner, 25,of Lancaster. They shared a cell at Warren Correctional Institution near Lebanon.

Hancock was serving a life term for a 1990 murder.