in Fort Lauderdale, William Coday, 50, has again been sentenced to death.

in Fort Lauderdale, William Coday, 50, has again been sentenced to death.
Circuit Judge Alfred Horowitz condemned Coday after reading his handwritten 25-page confession detailing how he had planned for a month to kill his girlfriend Gloria Gomez in 1997. She was struck 57 times with a hammer and suffered 87 stab wounds. "I am writing this letter to disclose the truth about the murder, and why I believe I should have been sentenced to death," he wrote. Coday was originally convicted and sentenced to death in 2002, but the Florida Supreme Court overturned the sentence on October 26, 2006 (see). The court faulted Horowitz, the trial judge, for rejecting testimony from 6 psychiatric experts, who said Coday's psychosis was triggered by rejection. Horowitz reconsidered that testimony, but found it was outweighed by the cruel nature of the crime.
In 1978, Coday was convicted in Germany of fatally beating another woman with a hammer. He was released after serving less than half of a 3-year sentence, a reduced penalty due to his psychiatric problems.