Death for convict who murdered cop's daughter

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After deliberating for nearly three hours, a Florida jury recommended the death penalty for Michael King, 38, a plumber who kidnapped, raped and murdered a police detective’s daughter. The jury’s unanimous, 12-0 decision was announced just one week after King was convicted of first-degree murder and related offenses in the January 17, 2008, death of Denise Lee, a 21-year-old mother of two boys.

The heartbreaking tape of Denise Lee’s frantic 911 call on her captor’s cell phone no doubt led the jury to its decision. In Florida, the jury “suggests” a verdict to the Judge. The court is expected to uphold the unanimous decision.

According to CNN, experts testified “that scans indicated that King’s brain was abnormally shaped, especially his frontal lobe: the center for logic, planning and reason. His IQ was described as about 76, in the low range. A person with an IQ of 70 is considered to be mentally retarded, according to testimony.”

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