a jury recommended 8-4 the death penalty for Michael James Jackson.

a jury recommended 8-4 the death penalty for Michael James Jackson. The same jury found Jackson guilty earlier this month for the July 8, 2005 robbery, kidnapping and murders of Reggie and Carol Sumner, both 61. Judge Michael R. Weatherby will consider the jury's recommendation when he makes the final sentencing decision.
Of the others charged in the murders, Bruce Nixon, 19, pleaded guilty to 2nd-degree murder and testified against Jackson. Tiffany Ann Cole, 25, Jackson's girlfriend, and Alan Lyndell Wade, 19, are awaiting trial and face possible death sentences.