Ep 38: The Case of Ohio’s Youngest Death Row Inmate

Court Junkie

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True Crime, News, Talk Radio, Government

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🗓️ 16 October 2017

⏱️ 67 minutes

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In January 2014, a gruesome murder would result in the conviction of 19-year-old Austin Myers, Ohio's youngest death row inmate. Many advocates for Austin believe his sentence was unfair, due to the fact that he never actually touched the murder weapon. Please consider supporting Court Junkie with as little as $3 a month via Patreon.com/CourtJunkie. Help support Court Junkie with $6 a month and get access to bonus monthly episodes. Follow me on Twitter @CourtJunkiePod or Instagram at CourtJunkie. Music in this episode: modem by Kai Engel - http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Caeli/Kai_Engel_-_caeli_-_07_modum_1636 Break Through by Pictures of the Floating World - http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Pictures_of_the_Floating_World/Approach/05_Break_Through Brave by Borrtex - http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Borrtex/Courage/Borrtex_-_01_-_Brave Children - Our Life by Nuno Adelaida - http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Nuno_Adelaida/none_given_1662/Nuno_Adelaida_02_Children-Our_Life Fourth Dimension by Alex Mason/The Minor Emotion - http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alex_MasonThe_Minor_Emotion/Return_1655/03_1887 soli by Kai Engel - http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Caeli/Kai_Engel_-_caeli_-_02_soli_1164

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0:00.0	Today's episode of Court Junkie is brought to you by Universal Pictures' new film, The
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0:57.3	Hey everyone, this is Jillian and you are listening to Court Junkie Episode 38.
1:06.6	Today, I'm going to tell you about the case of the youngest person currently sitting on
1:11.5	death row in Ohio.
1:14.5	Austin Myers was 19 years old when he was found guilty and convicted of murder.
1:20.2	Austin's death sentence is considered controversial, with many advocates believing that his sentence
1:25.8	should be changed to life in prison without parole.
1:30.0	One of the reasons for this, as his trial will show, is that Austin himself never actually
1:35.7	touched the murder weapon.
1:38.2	And the guy who did, got a lesser sentence in exchange for testifying against Austin.
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