02 July 2010 :

Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Judge Steve Martin handed down to Mark Pickens the death penalty, following the May 4 (see) jury’s recommendation. Pickens, 20, black, was convicted 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.