In Jacksonville, Circuit Judge Michael Weatherby

In Jacksonville, Circuit Judge Michael Weatherby  sentenced Alan Lyndell Wade, 20, to death for his role in killing an elderly couple who were buried alive. The sentence followed an 11-1 jury recommendation that Wade receive the death penalty. The bodies of Reggie and Carol Sumner, both 61, were found buried in a shallow grave on July 8, 2005. The couple were robbed of jewelry and cash. Also charged in the crime were: Tiffany Cole, 26, for whom a jury, on Nov. 30, 2007, has recommended the death penalty; her boyfriend Michael Jackson, 25, who has been sentenced to death on Aug. 29, 2007 (see); and Bruce Kent Nixon, 20, who avoided the death penalty by pleading guilty. He was sentenced to 45 years in prison for second-degree murder.