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After Sheriff Jeff Dawsy spoke, next up was Brad King, the State Attorney who has overseen the case.
Both Dawsy and King have been criticized by some for their handling of the case.
You would think that there would be a sense of vindication and joy from prosecutors. Not so, King said.
“This has been a very long road, two years and we have always had our eye on goal and that was to see that a jury recommend the death sentence” for John Couey, King said.
“That doesn’t give anybody any sense of satisfaction because it doesn’t change what happened to Jessica Lunsford,” he said.
King laid out the next few weeks—there will be another hearing in about a week in Citrus County. Judge Ric Howard needs to hold a “retardation hearing” to decide, once and for all, whether Couey is retarded.
Couey needs to be sentenced within 30 days.
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