London Lass
05-30-2008, 02:51 PM
TAMPA - Circuit Judge William Fuente this morning sentenced a man to death for the 2002 slayings of the man's wife and stepdaughter.
It was a dry, half-hour-long hearing where Fuente read from the sentencing report. Ultimately, he sided with jurors, who recommended in late October that Khalid Ali Pasha receive the death penalty.
A majority of jurors must recommend the death penalty before a judge can impose the sentence. The jurors in Pasha's case voted 7-5. Had one more juror voted against death, Pasha would not have been eligible.
Full article: http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/may/30/man-sentenced-death-killing-wife-stepdaughter/
It was a dry, half-hour-long hearing where Fuente read from the sentencing report. Ultimately, he sided with jurors, who recommended in late October that Khalid Ali Pasha receive the death penalty.
A majority of jurors must recommend the death penalty before a judge can impose the sentence. The jurors in Pasha's case voted 7-5. Had one more juror voted against death, Pasha would not have been eligible.
Full article: http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/may/30/man-sentenced-death-killing-wife-stepdaughter/