'American Idol' contestant Caleb Flynn faces betrayed family after conviction for wifes murder
Former "American Idol" contestant Caleb Flynn is scheduled to be sentenced Monday, with prosecutors asking an Ohio judge to send him to prison for life without the possibility of parole for murdering his wife.Flynn is expected back in a Miami County courtroom at 3 p.m.for sentencing before Judge Jeannine N.
Pratt, less than a week after a jury convicted him on all nine charges in the killing of Ashley Flynn.Prosecutors asked Pratt in a sentencing memorandum filed Monday to impose life without parole for aggravated murder, along with the maximum allowable sentences on additional charges that do not merge.'AMERICAN IDOL' ALUM CALEB FLYNN CONVICTED OF MURDERING HIS WIFEFlynn's attorneys are pushing in the opposite direction, asking Pratt to impose a sentence that would give him the possibility of parole after serving time behind bars.Caleb Flynn stands in court Tuesday, Sept.29, as an Ohio jury returns guilty verdicts on all nine charges in the murder of his wife, Ashley Flynn.
(Credit: WKEF)Flynn continues to maintain his innocence and intends to appeal his conviction, his attorneys wrote.Prosecutors argued the circumstances demand the harshest sentence available, accusing Flynn of planning Ashley's murder for months and showing no remorse.Jurors found Flynn guilty of aggravated murder, three counts of murder, two counts of felonious assault and three counts of tampering with evidence after roughly 2½ hours of deliberations.His defense argued that Flynn has no prior criminal history and is capable of rehabilitation, pointing to his years working in ministry and letters of support from his family.DAD OF 'AMERICAN IDOL' CONTESTANT'S SLAIN WIFE MADE EERIE GOOGLE SEARCH AFTER HEARING OF HER MURDERFlynn's parents were among several relatives who wrote to Pratt asking for mercy ahead of sentencing.His father, Mike Flynn, told the judge his son's "brokenness, shame, and remorse" were genuine, while his mother, Kim Flynn, wrote that her son had "repented to his Lord" and w...