COLUMBUS – Attorneys for the man accused of killing OSU student Reagan Tokes want to suppress key evidence in the case and want the possibility of the death penalty removed.
According to a report on WBNS 10-TV, Brian Golsby’s lawyers claim in motions filed October 31 that Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien’s office has engaged in “prosecutorial discrimination” and has disproportionately sought the death penalty against more African-American suspects than whites during his term in office.
Golsby is accused of the rape, kidnapping and fatal shooting of Reagan Tokes, whose body was found in Scioto Grove Metro Park in February. Police say she was shot twice.
His attorneys also want to suppress key GPS evidence in the case because they say law enforcement obtained the evidence from an ankle monitor through the use of a subpoena instead of a search warrant.