John Stojetz was sentenced to death by the State of Ohio for a prison murder
According to court documents John Stojetz would stab to death seventeen year old Damico Watkins inside of Madison Correctional Institution. Authorities believe that the murder was race related
John Stojetz would be convicted and sentenced to death
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Number
A255365
DOB
02/13/1956
Gender
Male
Race
White
Admission Date
03/16/1992
Institution
Chillicothe Correctional Institution
Status
INCARCERATED
John Stojetz Case
The Ohio Supreme Court has scheduled an execution nearly five years in the future for a man convicted of a 1996 killing.
Death row inmate John Stojetz (STOH’-yets), who is white, was convicted of fatally stabbing 17-year-old Damico Watkins, who was black, at Madison Correctional Institution on April 25, 1996, in what authorities called a race-related slaying.
Madison County Prosecutor Stephen Pronai (proh-NEYE’) argued Stojetz has exhausted all his legal options and is also not part of a bigger lawsuit challenging Ohio’s lethal injection method.
Defense attorney Michael Benza has said that setting a date now serves no purpose for the criminal justice system, the families involved or Stojetz.
The Supreme Court on Friday set an execution date of March 14, 2024.