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Orlando Sentinel
Orlando Sentinel
National
Monivette Cordeiro

Markeith Loyd trial: Prosecution rests case, defense to start calling witnesses

Prosecutors rested their death penalty case Tuesday morning against convicted cop killer Markeith Loyd.

Jurors will hear witnesses presented by Loyd’s defense attorneys later this afternoon.

Earlier this month, a 12-person jury found Loyd, 46, guilty of first-degree murder in the 2017 killing of Orlando police Lt. Debra Clayton. The same jury must unanimously decide if Loyd should face execution before a judge can sentence him to death.

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