following a jury's recommendation, Circuit Judge Susan Robert sentenced Thomas Davis Woodel...

following a jury's recommendation, Circuit Judge Susan Robert sentenced Thomas Davis Woodel, 35, to die for murdering Bernice and Clifford Moody on Dec. 31, 1996.
A jury originally convicted Woodel of first-degree murder Dec. 4, 1998. Circuit Judge Robert Pyle sentenced him to death.
In 2001, the Florida Supreme Court overturned Woodel's sentence but upheld his first-degree murder conviction. The court ruled that Pyle hadn't properly considered mitigating circumstances.
On July 20, 2004 (see), a new jury recommended that Woodel die for Bernice Moody's murder and receive a life sentence for her husband's murder.
Woodel's lawyer, Gil Colon Jr., noted that the jury came back with a 7-5 recommendation for death -- the narrowest of margins. While juries must reach unanimous decisions in rendering a verdict, a death penalty recommendation requires only a majority vote.