Summary of Offense:
After deliberating for about 90 minutes, jurors gave Flowers the death penalty for four counts of capital murder. They had found him guilty after 30 minutes of deliberation. "If anyone deserves the death penalty, Flowers does," said prosecutor Doug Evans. The defense unsuccessfully renewed its request for a mistrial. The sentence comes after Flowers' sixth trial in the shooting deaths of Tardy Furniture store owner Bertha Tardy and three of her employees. Killed were Tardy, 59; bookkeeper Carmen Rigby, 45; delivery worker Robert Golden, 42; and part-time employee Derrick Stewart, 16. The state Supreme Court reversed three earlier convictions against Flowers, and two trials ended in mistrials.
Flowers was re-sentenced to death on June 19, 2010.
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