Jason Getsy was a convicted murder-for-hire triggerman in the American

United States

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 state of Ohio

Ohio

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. He was executed at the age of 33 for a murder committed when he was 19.

Murder

Getsy was hired for US$5,000 to kill Charles Serafino, as well as any and all potential witnesses to the crime, in a dispute over a lawn care business. On July 7, 1995, Getsy killed Charles Serafino's mother, 66-year-old Ann Serafino, in Hubbard, Ohio

Hubbard, Ohio

Hubbard is a city in Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. It is formed from part of Hubbard Township, which was formed from the Connecticut Western Reserve. The population was 8,284 at the 2000 census...

, and shot Charles seven times, including once in the face at point-blank range. Charles Serafino, however, survived the shooting. Getsy was 19 years old at the time of the murder.

Conviction

Getsy was convicted of aggravated murder and sentenced to death. The Ohio Parole Board voted 5-2 in favor of clemency because other people convicted in the same slaying were not sentenced to die. Ohio Governor Ted Strickland

Ted Strickland

Theodore "Ted" Strickland was the 68th Governor of Ohio, serving from 2007 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served in the United States House of Representatives, representing ....

 rejected the finding of the Parole Board after appeals to the Supreme Court of Ohio

Supreme Court of Ohio

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 and the Supreme Court of the United States

Supreme Court of the United States

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 failed.

Execution

Getsy was executed by lethal injection

Lethal injection

Lethal injection is the practice of injecting a person with a fatal dose of drugs for the express purpose of causing the immediate death of the subject. The main application for this procedure is capital punishment, but the term may also be applied in a broad sense to euthanasia and suicide...

 on Tuesday August 18, 2009, at 10:00 AM in the death chamber of the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility

Southern Ohio Correctional Facility

The Southern Ohio Correctional Facility is a maximum security prison in Lucasville, Ohio, United States. The prison was constructed in 1972 and currently contains the death house for Ohio where death row inmates are executed...

 in Lucasville, Ohio

Lucasville, Ohio

Lucasville is a census-designated place in Scioto County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,588 at the 2000 census. The village of Lucasville was laid out by Captain John Lucas in June 1819 and recorded August 7, 1819. Captain Lucas built the first tavern in the village and kept it until...

. He was pronounced dead at 10:29 AM. In an apology made prior to his execution, Getsy stated, "To Chuck and Nancy Serafino and your loved ones, for all the pain I have caused you it is my earnest prayer that God grants you peace. I am sorry. It is a little word, I know, but it is true. For everyone else, God is so great that He gave His only son that I may be forgiven of all my sins. Even today I can say how blessed I am that the Holy Spirit lives in me."