USA - Alabama. A jury sentenced Ryan Gerald Russell, 38, white, to death

A Shelby County jury unanimously recommended that Ryan Gerald Russell, 38, white, receive the death penalty. The same jury that recommended the death penalty for Russell took 35 minutes Friday to convict him of capital murder for the June 2008 shooting death of his 11-year-old cousin Katherine Helen Gillespie. Circuit Judge Michael Joiner set sentencing for Dec. 16.