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Life or death? Sentencing hearing begins for Markeith Loyd

By FOX 35 News Staff
Updated  November 29, 2021 5:13pm EST
Orlando
FOX 35 Orlando

ORLANDO, Fla. - Markeith Loyd's sentencing hearing is scheduled to begin Monday in Orange County.

A jury convicted Loyd of murdering Orlando Police Lieutenant Debra Clayton.

Jurors will decide between life in prison or the death penalty. They must vote unanimously for a death sentence. 

Markeith Loyd found guilty of first degree murder in the death of Orlando Police Lt. Debra Clayton

A jury has found Markeith Loyd guilty on 5 counts in the death of Orlando Police Lt. Debra Clayton.

Loyd testified that he shot Clayton in self-defense and that he did not intend to kill her. Loyd’s attorneys have argued that he was insane when he shot Clayton.

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He was previously convicted of first-degree murder for killing his ex-girlfriend Sade Dixon and her unborn child. The jury in that case recommended he be sentenced to life in prison.

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