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'Craigslist Killer' Sentenced To Death

Written By Unknown on Thursday, April 4, 2013 | 2:22 PM

April 4, 2013
AKRON, Ohio -- A self-styled street preacher was sentenced to death Thursday in the killings of three down-and-out men lured by bogus job offers posted on Craigslist.

The jury that convicted Richard Beasley of murder recommended that he face execution. The judge had the option of reducing the sentence to life in prison. Continue reading...
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