John Quinones

Great turned to look at the crowd.

Great said he knew he wasn't normal, but that he knew right from wrong.

He asked for forgiveness from the victim's families and said that justice was the most important thing that could come from this day.

Great wasn't the only person invited to give a statement.

Curtis Stanley had been there every day of the trial.

He wanted to make eye contact with the person who had killed his mother.

While he gave his statement, he stood, facing great, across the courtroom.

Elizabeth Griffith's mom, uncle, and cousin spoke among a dozen people who stood to give their victim impact statement.

Like Stacey's sister, Gina Stanley.

Despite his plea for forgiveness, almost all of the people who spoke that day said they couldn't forgive Great for what he had done.

Some of them seemed angry that he'd even asked them to try.

Most of them told the court, Great deserves to die.

But the final decision was up to the judge, Ronald P. Forstafel.

Mr. Great, when imposing sentence, the court must comply with the purposes and principles of Ohio's sentencing statutes with regard to the non-capital charges in this case.

Forstoffel told Great he'd weighed up the evidence, the statements from the families, and Great's personal history, and he had made a sentencing decision.

Great was given two death penalties, one for the murder of Stacey Stanley and one for the murder of Elizabeth Griffith.

For the other charges in Ashland County, he was given prison sentences that added up to 90 years behind bars.

Two other counties would also pursue murder charges against Great.

Marion County, where he killed the magazine seller he called Dana.

Investigators would eventually identify her as Dana Lowry, a missing 23-year-old from out of state.