WINTER GARDEN, Fla. — An Ocoee man was just sentenced to death for a second time for burning his ex-girlfriend to death.
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Dane Abdool, 36, was convicted of murdering his 17-year-old girlfriend in 2006 in Winter Garden and was sentenced to death. But in 2017, Florida’s Supreme Court threw out that sentence because the jury was not unanimous.
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Whether Abdool dies or lives has been a yo-yo in the court since 2008. On Friday, after a jury sentenced him to death for the second time, a judge decided if he will follow the jury’s recommendation.
The judge ultimately sentenced Abdool to death. Abdool’s public defender said in court that they will appeal.
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The state pushed for Abdool’s resentencing before the death penalty law changed this year. The law now allows an 8-4 vote to recommend the death sentence.
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