USA - Ohio. Rayshawn Johnson sentenced to life without parole.

Rayshawn Johnson sentenced to life without parole. Hamilton County Court Judge Megan Shanahan handed down the sentence against Johnson for beating a woman, Shanon Marks, to death during a 1997 robbery. The Ohio Supreme Court overturned Johnson's death sentence on December 1, 2015 (see) based on his troubled upbringing and subsequent remorse. The 37-year-old Johnson originally was sentenced to death in 1998. He had a new hearing after a federal judge said he'd received poor legal assistance, and he was again sentenced to death in 2011. Johnson's attorney, Will Welsh, says Johnson chose not to seek a lesser sentence. He says his client asked for life without parole to bring closure to the family of his victim.