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CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WV News) — Former Harrison County Prosecuting Attorney Joe Shaffer has filed pre-candidacy forms to seek election to the position of Circuit Court Judge for Harrison County, Division
The 45-year-old alternatively faced the death penalty in the fatal shooting of a Clinton police officer during an August 2017 traffic stop.
A jury in June convicted 45-year-old Ian McCarthy of first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Clinton Police Officer Gary Lee Michael Jr.
Ian McCarthy, who awaits sentencing for killing Clinton Police Officer Gary Michael, is challenging the constitutionality of a state law that allows judges to hand down the death sentence.
The statute allows a judge to hand down a death sentence. Missouri is one of two states that give judges this power.