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Tampa rapper convicted of murder requests death sentence in letter to judge
Adams said he wants the jury’s death recommendation to stand and asked to waive mitigation before his Dec. 1 sentencing hearing.
- Tampa rapper Billy Adams, known as 'Ace NH,' wrote a handwritten letter to Judge Mark Wolfe requesting the death penalty ahead of his December 1 sentencing hearing.
- A jury convicted Adams last month of murdering his 22-year-old pregnant girlfriend, Alana Sims, and her unborn child in 2023. Sims was five months pregnant when killed.
- In an 8-to-4 vote, jurors recommended the death penalty for the unborn child's murder. Adams wrote that he wants to waive mitigating factors, stating: "I don't have an issue with the death penalty."
- Judge Wolfe will make the final sentencing decision at the Spencer hearing scheduled for December 1, though the court must still consider mitigating factors presented during trial.
- Criminal defense attorney Anthony Rickman, unaffiliated with the case, says requesting death is uncommon. Rickman suggests defendants may prefer execution's finality to life imprisonment.
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Florida Rapper Who Shot Pregnant Girlfriend in Head Demands Death Penalty, Rejects Lawyers' Defence
Florida rapper Billy Adams III, known as Ace NH, has asked a judge to sentence him to death after his conviction for killing his pregnant girlfriend and her unborn child.
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