SARASOTA, FL - NOVEMBER 15: Circuit Court Judge Andrew Owens
considers a defense argument
concerning videos of John Smith talking
about reward money on the seventh day of the trial of
Joseph Smith
at the Sarasota County Judicial Center November 16, 2005 Sarasota,
Florida.
(Photo by Chip Litherland-Pool/Getty Images)
SARASOTA, FL - NOVEMBER 15: FBI forensic examiner Jennifer Luttman
is cross-examined about DNA evidence she presented matching that of
Joseph Smith on the sixth day of the trial at the Sarasota County
Judicial Center November 15, 2005 Sarasota, Florida. (Photo by
Chip Litherland-Pool/Getty Images)
SARASOTA, FL - NOVEMBER 15: FBI crypt analyst Daniel Olson details a
coded letter between Joseph
Smith and his brother, John, telling
where he left clothes and a backpack on the sixth day of the trial
at the Sarasota County Judicial Center November 15, 2005 Sarasota,
Florida.
(Photo by Chip Litherland-Pool/Getty Images)
SARASOTA, FL - NOVEMBER 15: Assistant State Attorney Debra Johnes
Riva (R), holding transcripts of recorded phone calls, and Assistant
State Attorney Dennis Nales talk while wrapping up their
presentation
of evidence against Joseph Smith on the sixth day of
the trial at the Sarasota County Judicial Center
November 15, 2005
Sarasota, Florida.
(Photo by Chip Litherland-Pool/Getty Images)
SARASOTA, FL - NOVEMBER 15: FBI crypt analyst Daniel Olson talks
about cracking a coded letter between Joseph Smith and his brother,
John, detailing where he left clothes and a backpack on the sixth
day of the
trial at the Sarasota County Judicial Center November 15,
2005 Sarasota, Florida.
(Photo by Chip Litherland-Pool/Getty Images)
SARASOTA, FL - NOVEMBER 15: Joseph Smith listens to his public
defender cross examine a witness
about DNA evidence matching him
during the sixth day of his trial at the Sarasota County Judicial
Center November 15, 2005 Sarasota, Florida.
(Photo by Chip Litherland-Pool/Getty Images)
SARASOTA, FL - NOVEMBER 15: Joseph Smith wipes tears away during a
rare showing of emotion while listening to a jail phone call with
his mother, in which he said the murder was an accident, on the
sixth
day of the trial at the Sarasota County Judicial Center
November 15, 2005 Sarasota, Florida.
(Photo by Chip Litherland-Pool/Getty Images)
SARASOTA, FL - NOVEMBER 15: Florida Dept. of Law Enforcement special
agent Vince Dellattio plays phone calls between Joseph Smith and his
brother and mother during the sixth day of the trial of Smith at the
Sarasota County Judicial Center November 15, 2005 Sarasota, Florida.
(Photo by Chip Litherland-Pool/Getty Images)
SARASOTA, FL - NOVEMBER 15: Sarasota County Sheriff fingerprint
examiner William Dunker talks about the prints he matched to Joseph
Smith on a Buick station wagon during the sixth day of the trial of
Smith at the Sarasota County Judicial Center November 15, 2005
Sarasota, Florida.
(Photo by Chip Litherland-Pool/Getty Images)
SARASOTA, FL - NOVEMBER 17: Joseph Brucia, Carlie Brucia's father,
arrives at the courthouse to hear
the verdicts against his
daughter's killer, Joseph Smith on November 17, 2005 in Sarasota,
Florida.
Smith was found guilty of the murder and the jury will
return later this month to determine if he
gets the death penalty or
life in prison.
(Photo by Tim Boyles/Getty Images)
SARASOTA, FL - NOVEMBER 17: John Peters wears a T-shirt advocating
bringing back the electric chair for Joseph Smith, the man convicted
of the kidnapping and murder of Carlie Brusia November 17, 2005 in
Sarasota, Florida. Joseph Smith was found guilty of the murder and
the jury will return later this month
to determine if he gets the
death penalty or life in prison.
(Photo by Tim Boyles/Getty Images)
SARASOTA, FL - NOVEMBER 17: Susan Schorpen (R), Carlie Brucia's
mother, gets a hug from a supporter while waiting for the verdict in
the trial against her killer, Joseph Smith November 17, 2005 in
Sarasota, Florida. (Photo by Tim Boyles/Getty Images)
SARASOTA, FL - NOVEMBER 17: Susan Schorpen (C), mother of 11-year-old
murder victim Carlie Brucia's mother, cries as she speaks to the
press after the guilty verdicts was announced November 17, 2005 in
Sarasota, Florida. (Photo by Tim Boyles/Getty Images)
SARASOTA, FL - NOVEMBER 17: Joseph Smith listens as the verdict of
guilty on all counts is read against him at the Sarasota County
Judicial Center November 17, 2005 in Sarasota, Florida.
(Photo by Chip Litherland-Pool/Getty Images)
SARASOTA, FL - NOVEMBER 17: Joseph Smith (L) listens to the judge
give his final orders to the jury before they head into
deliberations at the Sarasota County Judicial Center November 17,
2005 in Sarasota, Florida. Smith is charged in the abduction, rape
and killing of Carlie Brucia in February 2004.
(Photo by Chip Litherland-Pool/Getty Images)
SARASOTA, FL - NOVEMBER 28: Joe Brucia, father of murder victim
Carlie Brucia, holds back tears as
she testifies during the penalty
phase of the trial of Joseph Smith at the Sarasota County Judicial
Center November 28, 2005 in Sarasota, Florida.
(Photo by Chip Litherland-Pool/Getty Images)
SARASOTA, FL - NOVEMBER 28: Joseph Brucia, Carlie Brucia's father,
holds a photo of his daughter during
a break in the sentencing phase
of the Joseph Smith trial for Carlie Brucia's murder November 28,
2005 in Sarasota, Florida. A judge and jury will decide if Smith
gets the death penalty or life in prison.
(Photo by Tim Boyles/Getty Images)
SARASOTA, FL - DECEMBER 1: Susan Schorpen (L), mother of murder
victim Carlie Brucia, greets Assistant State Attorney Debra Johnes
Riva (R) after the jury recommended the death penalty for Joseph
Smith during the penalty phase of Smith's trial at the Sarasota
County Judicial Center December 1, 2005 in Sarasota, Florida. The
jury voted 10-2 for the death penalty for Smith, who was convicted
last month for the February 2004 abduction, rape, and murder of 11-year-old
Carlie Brucia.
(Photo by Chip Litherland-Pool/Getty Images)
SARASOTA, FL - MARCH 15: Laurie Brucia (R), Carlie Brucia's
aunt, speaks to the media outside the
Sarasota County Judicial Center
after hearing her niece's killer get the death penalty March 15,
2006
in Sarasota, Florida. A judge handed down the death sentence to
Joseph Smith in the abduction and
murder of 11-year-old Carlie
Brucia in 2004.
(Photo by Tim Boyles/Getty Images)
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