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"The jury has recommended convicted killer William Clyde Gibson be sentenced to death.ImagesIt took the jury about four hours to come to a decision.The jury convicted Gibson of the murder of 74-year-old Christine Whitis in 17 minutes last Friday.Prosecutors said Gibson bound Whitis with duct tape, tortured her and sexually assaulted her over the course of 24 hours.Jurors cried as they confirmed they reached a unanimous verdict.\"If this case isn't a death penalty case I don't know what is,\" said Floyd County Prosecutor Keith Henderson.Gibson showed no emotion as his sentence was read.Whitis' family gasped and a small whisper of \"thank God\" could be heard.\"It's not going to bring mom back, but its good to realize 12 of his peers saw her life was worth the ultimate punishment,\" said the victim's son, Mike Whitis.Henderson said\u00A0there are no winners in this case, but praised jurors for making \"the right choice.\"Gibson also faces trials in the deaths of Stephanie Kirk and Karen Hodella.The jury will return Wednesday to decide\u00A0on a\u00A0habitual offender charge for Gibson.WLKY.com will continue to update this story as more information becomes available."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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