TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – For the second time, the Florida Supreme Court has thrown out a death sentence for convicted killer Randall Deviney.
He was convicted and sentenced to death for the 2008 murder of 65-year-old Delores Futrell.
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The first time, his conviction and sentence were overturned when the high court ruled the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office coerced his confession.
The retrial ended with his second conviction, and death sentence by an 8-4 jury recommendation.
The state Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that death penalties must be by unanimous verdict.
Deviney will get a new sentencing hearing, but his conviction was upheld.