In Tampa, Hillsborough County Circuit Judge J

In Tampa, Hillsborough County Circuit Judge J. Rogers Padgett has decided to override a jury's recommendation for the death penalty in sentencing a man convicted stabbing a disabled woman 39 times.
Troy Lee Green, 47, was sentenced instead to life in prison for the 1st-degree murder of DeCarla Dixon, 34, in November 2000. A jury convicted Green in January and, with an 8-4 vote, recommended that he be sentenced to death.