jurors recommended the death penalty...

jurors recommended the death penalty for a man who strangled a fellow jail inmate who had testified against him in a murder case.
The Los Angeles Superior Court panel deliberated nearly 5 days before deciding that Santiago Pineda, 25, should be put to death.
Pineda was convicted last month of killing 20-year-old Raul Tinajero, who had testified two weeks earlier that he saw Pineda kill another man with his car.
Tinajero's April 2004 slaying was 1 of 14 jail killings in Los Angeles County since 2000.
The county paid $1.25 million to settle a lawsuit by Tinajero's relatives, the 2nd-largest payout for an inmate death in county history.
Pineda still faces sentencing in the car murder, for which he was convicted last month.