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Condemned inmate asks Supreme Court for new sentence over his broken promise to teen victim’s mom

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Matthew Lee Caylor, 48, confessed to having sex with young Melinda Hinson then choking her to death in 2008 in a motel room in Panama City. Caylor at the time had been on felony probation in Georgia for molesting the 14-year-old daughter of a neighbor and was a registered sex offender. He has been sentenced to death twice, after the Florida Supreme Court previously sent the case back for resentencing.

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Condemned inmate asks Supreme Court for new sentence over his broken promise to teen victim’s mom

A Florida inmate sentenced to death twice for the murder of a 13-year-old Panama City girl is asking for a new sentence, saying he should be allowed to break a promise he made to the victim’s mother who died three years ago. Matthew Lee Caylor, 48, confessed to having sex with young Melinda Hinson then choking her to death in 2008 in a motel room in Panama City. Caylor at the time had been on felony probation in Georgia for molesting the 14-year…

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