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Ohio Parole Board Recommends Life for Noling | Columbus News
After 37 years on death row, Tyrone Noling may get a second chance — the Ohio Parole Board voted 5-3 to recommend commuting his sentence to life with parole eligibility starting January 2029. Convicted in 1996 for the 1990 murders of elderly couple Bearnhardt and Cora Hartig, Noling maintains his innocence, citing coerced confessions and no physical evidence tying him to the crime. His attorneys argue decades of injustice, pointing to recanted testimony from three minors who were pressured by police, and a now-deceased man’s confession implicating another suspect. Prosecutors counter that all…
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