07 May 2010 :

A Hamilton County jury unanimously recommended 3 death sentences for Mark Pickens. Pickens, 20, black, was convicted last week in the June 1, 2009 shooting deaths of 19 year-old Noelle Washington, her 9-month-old son, Anthony Jones III, and 3-year-old girl Sha'Railyn Wright who she was babysitting. Police said that Pickens committed the murders because Washington had gone to police and reported that Pickens, on March 27, had raped her. Pickens' official sentencing is June 4 before Common Pleas Court Judge Steve Martin.