A local NAACP president is accusing the Trumbull County prosecutor's office of racial bias when it comes to suggested sentencing of minorities.

The Trumbull County chapter of the NAACP says the most recent example involves a Warren man on death row.

In particular, Trumbull NAACP President Annette McCoy points to a recent motion to set a date for the execution of convicted Warren murderer Danny Lee Hill, where Watkins suggested death by firing squad.

"For a prosecutor to feel comfortable making those statements we question his capability to be in his office," McCoy said.

McCoy plans to request the national NAACP legal office launch an investigation into the county office.

"When statements are made in that manner regarding an individual case, and we've had meetings with the prosecutor's office in the past regarding questionable sentencing of people of color and similar acts," McCoy said.

McCoy also points to the April 2009 fatal drive by shooting of 11-year-old Llyod McCoy.

The men convicted in the shooting, Eugene Cumberbatch and Eugene Henderson, were both sentenced to life in prison. Henderson was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Cumberbatch was sentenced to life in prison with the chance of parole after serving 30 years.

McCoy says the NAACP opposes the death penalty in all cases, but she questions why Henderson and Cumberbatch didn't receive a stiffer punishment.

The organization releasing a statement this week saying the death penalty is quote: " infected with fundamental flaws, including persistent racial discrimination, and human error."

McCoy says she has received recent complaints regarding Watkins' statement in relation to Hill's execution. She says she has more examples that could be looked into.

We reached out to the Trumbull County Prosecutor's office Friday for a response and did not hear back.