SANDUSKY, OH (Toledo News Now) - The man found guilty of killing raping and killing a young Sandusky mother before murdering her two children will be put to death for his crimes.
Clinton was convicted of raping and strangling to death 23-year-old Heather Jackson, then raping and killing her 3-year-old daughter Celina and killing her 18-month-old son Wayne in September of 2012.
Clinton denied committing the crimes at the sentencing hearing on Tuesday.
Neither the jury nor the judge bought Clinton's story, as the jury recommended he be put to death on Tuesday and a judge agreed Thursday.
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