USA - Florida. A jury sentenced Louis Kaczmar, 29, White, to death

A Clay County jury has recommended that Leo Louis Kaczmar, 29, White, go to death row. Kaczmar was convicted of first-degree murder in the December 2008 stabbing of 49-year-old Mary Ruiz. He was sentenced to death, but the Florida Supreme Court ordered a new sentencing. An attempted sexual battery conviction was thrown out because the medical examiner found no evidence on Ruiz's body. Kaczmar told a friend earlier in the night that he was hoping to get Ruiz high on drugs so he could have sex with her, but that circumstantial evidence wasn’t enough to justify a conviction, the Supreme Court ruling said. Since the attempted sexual battery was cited by prosecutors as an aggravating factor in why Kaczmar deserved death, the death sentence must be thrown out and a new sentencing hearing held, the ruling said. Today another jury unanimously recommended Kaczmar be executed instead of serving life in prison. Circuit Judge William Wilkes will decide whether to follow the jury's recommendation at a later date.