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Local ‘mastermind’ of murder-for-hire up for parole
Getsy was tried, convicted and executed in August 2009 at the age of 33. Trumbull County Prosecutor Dennis Watkins is vehemently against Santine’s parole, saying that while Santine did not ...
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Local prosecutor, Ohio AG ask feds for death penalty support
WARREN, Ohio (WKBN) – Trumbull County Prosecutor Dennis Watkins has been fighting for years to continue executions in the ...
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Boy’s killer continues to beat death sentence
WARREN — Trumbull County Prosecutor Dennis Watkins is a tenacious fighter. His diligence and legal perseverance helped to bring Trumbull County murder suspect Claudia Hoerig from Brazil to ...
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Prosecutor wants killer’s parole denied
WARREN — Trumbull County Prosecutor Dennis Watkins is again opposing parole for Paul W. Smith, 53, who shot his wife, Gina, to death July 29, 1987, in the McKinley Heights McDonald’s ...