Jury reaches sentencing decision in Ohio triple slayings
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The jury that convicted a young man of aggravated murder and other charges in a triple homicide at a suburban Cleveland barbershop has reached a decision on whether to recommend the death penalty.
The jury's decision in the sentencing phase of 21-year-old Douglas Shine Jr.'s murder trial is expected to be read Saturday.
Defense attorneys on Wednesday began laying out their case for why Shine should not die by lethal injection.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The jury began deliberations Friday.
If jurors recommend the death penalty, a Cuyahoga County Common Pleas judge will decide whether to impose that sentence or give Shine life in prison with no chance of parole.
Shine was convicted Nov. 4 of opening fire inside a Warrensville Heights barber shop in 2015, killing the owner, an employee and a customer.