A new sentencing hearing was ordered Thursday in the notorious kidnapping, rape and murder of 11-year-old Carlie Brucia by a stranger who was caught on camera leading her away from a carwash.
The Florida Supreme Court authorized the new penalty phase to comply with a U.S. Supreme Court order in 2016 requiring unanimous jury decisions to impose the death penalty. Joseph P. Smith was sentenced to death after a 10-2 jury split.
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