Hearing next week on execution of Getsy in Hubbard murder

COLUMBUS — The state parole board will conduct a clemency hearing next week for a man facing execution over the murder of a Hubbard Township woman more than a decade ago.

Jason Getsy, 33, is scheduled for execution Aug. 18 at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville. He has been on death row since 1996 and is incarcerated at the Ohio State Penitentiary in Youngstown.

The state parole board will meet at 10 a.m. July 9 to consider whether Getsy should be granted clemency. It will forward its recommendation to Gov. Ted Strickland for a final decision sometime before the execution date.

Getsy, formerly of Hubbard, was convicted in the aggravated murder of Ann R. Serafino, 68, and the attempted murder of her son, Charles Serafino, in July 1995 at their Hubbard Township home.

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