(CNN) -- Jurors spared the life of a former Canton, Ohio, police officer who killed his pregnant girlfriend and tearfully asked them for mercy. A judge then sentenced him Wednesday to 57 years to life in prison.



Bobby Lee Cutts Jr. stared straight ahead as the jury announced its recommendation to spare him.



Bobby Lee Cutts Jr., 30, will be 87 by the time he becomes eligible for parole.



He stared straight ahead as the jury of six men and six women recommended that his life be spared.



He and his lawyer teared up as the jurors were polled about their decision.  Watch Cutts react »



Judge Charles E. Brown added to the sentence, taking other counts into consideration after hearing victim impact statements from the parents and sisters of victim Jessie Marie Davis.



She was 26 and nine months pregnant when she disappeared last June. Her body, and that of her unborn child, were found 10 days later at a state park in northeastern Ohio.



Whitney Davis, Jessie's sister, directed her anger and grief at Cutts. "You got rid of someone that was an inconvenience. I hate you."  Watch Davis' family lash out at Cutts »



She continued: ""You used and manipulated her over and over and still you sit there and you are not crying. I don't believe that you are sorry for what you did. I believe that you are sorry that you got caught up in all your lies. I don't know that you would know the truth."Watch sister tell Cutts she hates him



Cutts took off his eyeglasses as Davis' father, Ned, addressed him: "Don't even look at me."



"Your honor he violently murdered her," the anguished father continued. "Five-foot-four, nine months pregnant, that baby could have been delivered."



And, tears rolled down Cutts' face as Davis' mother, Patricia Porter, spoke of her grief. "There are mornings I have to cover her picture up, when I can't get out of bed."



She continued, "I serve an amazing God, Bobby. A God that forgives and heals and restores people. And all I know today is that I do forgive you, and I know it is only through him that I am able to do that."



But she turned the other cheek: "I may not have family to go home to after this, but I pray that you make a way for him to get out of there and begin a new life, and to be able to hold his son."



Porter, who is raising Blake, told Cutts the child "knows what you did. You would not believe the stories he has told us."



When his time came, Cutts offered no statement, no testimonials to his character.



On February 15, the same jury found Cutts guilty of murdering Jessie Davis and their baby, who was to be named Chloe.



It was Chloe's death that made Cutts eligible for the death penalty. Jurors convicted him of two counts of aggravated murder -- for terminating a pregnancy and taking her life during the commission of a felony.



All the members of the jury are white, as was Davis. Cutts is black.



Cutts, who has maintained Davis' death was the result of an accidental elbow to the neck, asked the jury to spare his life and offered a tearful apology at his sentencing hearing Tuesday.  Watch Cutts' tearful plea »



"Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I'm asking you to spare my life," he said. "To imagine that I was responsible for the death of Jessie, the mother of my children and my unborn daughter, is beyond any words that I can express," Cutts added, reading from a handwritten statement.



"Words cannot bring them back, nor can they erase the pain I've caused, but I want to apologize," he said.



Cutts' lawyer, Fernando Mack, had urged jurors to recommend  the lowest available penalty -- 25 years
( CNN ) -- Jurors spared the life of a former Canton , Ohio , police officer who killed his pregnant girlfriend and tearfully asked them for mercy . A judge then sentenced him Wednesday to 57 years to life in prison . Bobby Lee Cutts Jr. stared straight ahead as the jury announced its recommendation to spare him . Bobby Lee Cutts Jr. , 30 , will be 87 by the time he becomes eligible for parole . He stared straight ahead as the jury of six men and six women recommended that his life be spared . He and his lawyer teared up as the jurors were polled about their decision . Watch Cutts react » Judge Charles E. Brown added to the sentence , taking other counts into consideration after hearing victim impact statements from the parents and sisters of victim Jessie Marie Davis . She was 26 and nine months pregnant when she disappeared last June . Her body , and that of her unborn child , were found 10 days later at a state park in northeastern Ohio . Whitney Davis , Jessie 's sister , directed her anger and grief at Cutts . " You got rid of someone that was an inconvenience . I hate you . " Watch Davis ' family lash out at Cutts » She continued : " " You used and manipulated her over and over and still you sit there and you are not crying . I do n't believe that you are sorry for what you did . I believe that you are sorry that you got caught up in all your lies . I do n't know that you would know the truth."Watch sister tell Cutts she hates him Cutts took off his eyeglasses as Davis ' father , Ned , addressed him : " Do n't even look at me . " " Your honor he violently murdered her , " the anguished father continued . " Five - foot - four , nine months pregnant , that baby could have been delivered . " And , tears rolled down Cutts ' face as Davis ' mother , Patricia Porter , spoke of her grief . " There are mornings I have to cover her picture up , when I ca n't get out of bed . " She continued , " I serve an amazing God , Bobby . A God that forgives and heals and restores people . And all I know today is that I do forgive you , and I know it is only through him that I am able to do that . " But she turned the other cheek : " I may not have family to go home to after this , but I pray that you make a way for him to get out of there and begin a new life , and to be able to hold his son . " Porter , who is raising Blake , told Cutts the child " knows what you did . You would not believe the stories he has told us . " When his time came , Cutts offered no statement , no testimonials to his character . On February 15 , the same jury found Cutts guilty of murdering Jessie Davis and their baby , who was to be named Chloe . It was Chloe 's death that made Cutts eligible for the death penalty . Jurors convicted him of two counts of aggravated murder -- for terminating a pregnancy and taking her life during the commission of a felony . All the members of the jury are white , as was Davis . Cutts is black . Cutts , who has maintained Davis ' death was the result of an accidental elbow to the neck , asked the jury to spare his life and offered a tearful apology at his sentencing hearing Tuesday . Watch Cutts ' tearful plea » " Ladies and gentlemen of the jury , I 'm asking you to spare my life , " he said . " To imagine that I was responsible for the death of Jessie , the mother of my children and my unborn daughter , is beyond any words that I can express , " Cutts added , reading from a handwritten statement . " Words can not bring them back , nor can they erase the pain I 've caused , but I want to apologize , " he said . Cutts ' lawyer , Fernando Mack , had urged jurors to recommend the lowest available penalty -- 25 years
What was recommended by the jury?
What was recommended by the jury ?
his life be spared.
his life be spared.