OCALA, Fla. (AP) - A Florida death row inmate will likely stay on death row after a jury unanimously recommended execution for a 2011 slaying.
The Ocala Star-Banner reports the panel made its recommendation Tuesday for 26-year-old Michael Bargo. A judge will make the final decision.
Bargo was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death with a 10-2 jury recommendation. The Florida Supreme Court ordered new sentencing for Bargo in 2017 as Florida law now requires a unanimous death penalty recommendation.
Authorities say Bargo led a group of teens who lured 15-year-old Seath Jackson to a Summerfield home in April 2011. Jackson was beaten and shot. His body was burned and buckets filled with his remains were dumped in a water-filled quarry in Ocala.
Four other people are serving life sentences, and another is serving 30 years.
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Information from: Ocala (Fla.) Star-Banner, http://www.starbanner.com/
AP-WF-04-10-19 0855GMT