Jury Recommends Death For Ohio Teen

A jury in southwest Ohio has decided that a 19-year-old man should be executed for killing an 18-year-old U.S. Navy recruit. The jury in Lebanon that convicted Austin Myers of aggravated murder last week deliberated six hours Monday before recommending the death penalty for him, instead of life in prison. The judge will have the final decision when Myers is sentenced Oct. 16. If Myers is sentenced to death, he will become the youngest inmate on Ohio's death row. Prosecutors urged a death sentence in the slaying of Justin Back, pointing to evidence that Myers spent a day and a half planning the crime, overcoming setbacks and altering the scheme several times. Back was stabbed 20 times during a burglary in March, and his body was dumped several counties away.