The Jury in a 10-2 vote has recommended the death penalty in the murder/rape and kidnapping of 9 year Jessica Lunsford today. The verdict came in at about 540 EST. This however is not the end of the story, the judge in the case is the one that actually decides if Couey lives or dies by lethal injection and that decision could still take several weeks. I hope the judge goes with their decision.

I don't care what kind of upbringing anyone had. Rape and Murder are wrong. The defense tried to say Coueys upbringing was the cause of his "troubles" and mental capacity. Recently a friend of mines wife was found guilty of his murder, but she was spared the death penalty because the jury felt sorry for her due to her upbringing and she smiled when she got life. She had her husband, my friend, a father of a small child, killed for his life insurance policy. I thought of this case briefly this morning and wondered if the jury would swing the same way in Couey's case, but then thought nope they'll recommend death, different circumstances.

 Jessie's Ride ~ Built by Santiago Chopper and donated to The Jessica Lunsford Foundation. I took these two photo's at the Leesburg Bike Festival last year then faded them together.