USA - Florida. Judge Paul L. Backman ruled that James Herard should receive the death penalty.

Broward County Judge Paul L. Backman ruled that James Herard, 25, Black, should receive the death penalty. Herard was 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. A Broward County jury had recommended the death penalty on June 4, 2014 (see). 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. Herard was the leader of the "BACC Street Crips" gang. Other members of the gang have already been sentenced.