USA - Florida. Judge William Fuente sentenced Edward Covington to death

Hillsborough County Judge William Fuente sentenced Edward Covington, 42, White, to death for the murder of his girlfriend and her two children. Covington had pleaded guilty last year to the May 12, 2008 murders of his girlfriend and her 2 children. He was arrested in May 2008 after investigators said he killed his girlfriend, Lisa Frieberg, 26, and her 2 children, Zachary, 7, and Heather Savannah, 2. During the penalty phase, the defense had argued that Covington had a long history of mental illness that led to the murders. However, prosecutors said Covington had been abusing cocaine for several years, and that played a role in the murders.