USA - Florida. A jury recommended the death penalty for James Herard

A Broward County jury recommended the death penalty today for James Herard, 24, Black, a man found guilty in the murder of two people during a string of Dunkin' Donuts robberies in 2008. Authorities said Herard was part of a group that killed Eric Jean Pierre, 39, on Nov. 14, 2008. Days later, on Thanksgiving Day, Kiem Huynh, 58, was also murdered. Herard had already been given nine life sentences by a Palm Beach County judge related to the violent robberies, committed when Herard was just 19 years old. Circuit Judge John Hurley set a Spencer hearing for July 8, which would allow the defense to argue for a life sentence instead of the death penalty.