USA - North Carolina. A jury sentenced Mario Andrette McNeill to death

A jury in Cumberland County sentenced Mario Andrette McNeill to death for the November 10, 2009 killing of 5-year-old Shaniya Davis. The jury convicted McNeill, 32, Black, last week of 1st-degree murder, 1st-degree kidnapping, sexual offense of a child, indecent liberties with a child, human trafficking and sexual servitude in connection with her death. Superior Court Judge Jim Ammons has not set a sentencing date. Investigators say Shaniya's mother, Antoinette Nicole Davis, sold her to McNeill to pay off a drug debt. Davis is charged with first-degree murder, indecent liberties with a child, felony child abuse, felony sexual servitude, rape of a child, sexual offense of a child by an adult offender, human trafficking and making a false police report. She will be tried later this year, but prosecutors aren't seeking the death penalty against her, according to the station.