USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court vacated the death sentence for Justin Heyne because it was not unanimous.

The Florida Supreme Court vacated the death sentence for Justin Heyne because it was not unanimous. Heyne, 35, White, was sentenced to death on dec. 17, 2009 (see) 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.