Hands Off Cain
NEWS ARCHIVE·DEATH PENALTY·NOVEMBER 2, 2005

a jury returned a unanimous decision to sentence Nicole Diar, 30, to death.

a jury returned a unanimous decision to sentence Nicole Diar, 30, to death.

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a jury returned a unanimous decision to sentence Nicole Diar, 30, to death.
She is convicted of killing her 4-year-old son. A Lorain County jury found her guilty of killing her son and then setting her house on fire to hide the crime. Officials said she drugged Jacob with codeine, then strangled him as he slept in his bedroom on Aug. 27, 2003.
Diar's attorney, John Pyle, argued to the jury in the trial's mitigation phase that Nicole Diar, when was 4 years old, was severely burned after her brother set fire to her nightgown with a lighter.
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  • (Sources: Ohio News Network, 02/11/2005)