A man convicted of aggravated murder for fatally shooting his ailing wife in her hospital bed will be sentenced Friday after a prosecutor recommended he receive a six-year prison term— instead of a possible life sentence — because of the unique circumstances of the case.
John Wise, 68, has said he was acting out of love when he shot his debilitated wife inside an Akron hospital in August 2012 after she suffered an aneurysm and appeared to be in pain. Mercy is not a defense to a murder charge in Ohio.
Wise, of Massillon, was convicted on charges including aggravated murder with a firearm specification, which could carry a life sentence.
Summit County Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh called Wise’s actions illegal and dangerous but said the circumstances of the case warrant leniency. She has recommended that Wise be sentenced on a lesser crime.
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