DeWine holds off on executing East Cleveland’s Gregory Lott and 2 other men
CLEVELAND, OH – When Gregory Lott was sentenced to die on November 19, 2014 for his July 12,1986 killing of John McGrath it was because he “allegedly” had picked the wrong Irish Catholic. McGrath’s home had been broken into and someone beat, tied him up and then doused him with heating oil and set his body on fire. He survived until police arrived to identify his suspect as a light-skinned black man. He died days later of pneumonia after complications for his wounds. Judge James McGrath served on the Cuyahoga County court of common pleas. Mayor Frank Jackson’s safety director,…