a 3-judge panel ruled that convicted killer Todd Rizzo should be executed

a 3-judge panel ruled that convicted killer Todd Rizzo should be executed for bludgeoning a 13-year-old boy to death with a sledgehammer in 1997.
The judges will sentence Rizzo to death by lethal injection on June 23 and set an execution date, which will automatically be stayed for the appeals process.
Rizzo, 26, pleaded guilty to murdering Stanley Edwards IV in 1999.
A jury sentenced Rizzo to die, but the state Supreme Court overturned the sentence on October 6, 2003 (see), ruling that jurors had not been properly instructed before deliberations.
The high court found the jury should have been told to find "beyond a reasonable doubt" that aggravating factors outweighed mitigating factors before recommending death.
This time, Rizzo opted to have his case heard by the three-judge panel: Superior Court Judges Salvatore C. Agati, Thomas V. O'Keefe Jr. and William T. Cremins. They ruled that aggravating factors outweighed mitigating factors beyond a reasonable doubt.
Rizzo, was 18 on Sept, 30, 1997, when he killed his victim.