USA - Alabama. Judge Lloyd Little has requested that Derrick Mason, whom he sentenced to death 16 years ago, receive a different sentence

Madison County Judge Lloyd Little has requested that Derrick Mason, whom he sentenced to death 16 years ago, receive a different sentence. Mason, 37, black, is set to be executed on Thursday, September 22nd. He was convicted of murder for the death of Angela Cagle in March of 1994. Judge Little sentenced Mason to death after he was found guilty. Now Judge Little says Mason should not be put to death. Little had been on the bench for 6 months when Mason's case was tried. It was his first death penalty case. Judge Little sent a letter to Governor Robert Bentley requesting that the sentence be changed from the death penalty to life without parole. Judge Little says that after years of experience in handling capital murder cases, he feels that he should not have imposed the death penalty in Mason's case. He says it's not to undermine or lessen the severity of the crime, but compared to other cases, it's a different view.