USA - Alabama. Judge Michael Conaway sentenced Jerry Jerome Smith, 39, black, to death for the 3rd time

Houston County Circuit Court Judge Michael Conaway sentenced  Jerry Jerome Smith, 39, black, to death for the 3rd time, affirming a recommendation by a jury returned on January 26, 2012 (see). A jury found Smith guilty of killing Willie James Flournoy, 40, Theresa Ann Helms, 26, and David Lee Bennett, 29. The 3 people were killed at a Sturgeon Court residence on Oct. 19, 1996, which police had described as a crack house. Smith had previously been convicted of capital murder in the killings and sentenced to death, but his death sentence was overturned twice (see Nov. 9, 2004, Jan. 5, 2005, Sept. 29, 2006 and Oct. 22, 2010).