Hands Off Cain
FLORIDA·DEATH PENALTY·DECEMBER 17, 2009·1 MIN READ

USA - Florida. Judge O.H. Eaton sentenced Justin Heyne to death

USA - Florida. Judge O.H. Eaton sentenced Justin Heyne to death

Judge O.H. Eaton sentenced Justin Heyne to death and to 2 life sentences. Heyne, 28, white, was convicted this summer in the March 30, 2006 shooting deaths of his roommates: Benjamin Hamilton; his girlfriend, Sarah Buckoski, and their 5-year-old daughter, Ivory Hamilton. The jury had recommended life in prison for Benjamin Hamilton's murder, then voted 8-4 for the death penalty in Buckoski's death and 10-2 in favor of execution for the child's killing. Judge Eaton gave Heyne life for the killings of Benjamin Hamilton and Sarah Buckoski, and to the death penalty for killing Ivory Hamilton.
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  • (source: Florida Today, 17/12/2009)