Two decades later, Adam Davis apologizes for Tampa slaying
His death sentence struck down, Davis was ordered Monday to spend life in prison for the 1998 murder of his girlfriendâs mother.
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Adam Davis sits in a Tampa courtroom Monday morning before he was sentenced to life in prison for the 1998 murder of Vicki Robinson. [ WTVT-Fox 13 ]
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TAMPA â After two decades on death row for a brutal murder he committed when he was 19, Adam William Davis stood in a Tampa courtroom and quietly apologized as he was re-sentenced to life in prison.
âI want to express my deepest regrets, despair and sorrow for what happened that dreadful night,â Davis said. âNot a single day goes by where I donât think of that night and the horror of what happened or how I wish I could turn back the clocks of time and change what happened.â
Florida man who killed girlfriend’s mom resentenced to life
Murder became national news and was told on TV true-crime shows
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TAMPA, Fla. – A man whose 1998 murder of his girlfriend’s mother gained national headlines apologized in court Monday as his death sentence was reduced to life in prison.
Adam William Davis, now 42, told Judge Michelle Sisco “not a single day goes by that he doesn t think of the murder of Vicki Robinson and how I wish I could turn back the clocks of time and change what happened.”
Davis was being resentenced for the murder, which happened when he was 19. Prosecutors had decided not to seek the death penalty again after the U.S. Supreme Court threw out his sentence and others because the jury had not voted unanimously for the penalty. Davis jury voted 7-5.
Man who killed girlfriend s mom is resentenced to life
May 24, 2021
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) A man whose 1998 murder of his girlfriend’s mother gained national headlines apologized in court Monday as his death sentence was reduced to life in prison.
Adam William Davis, now 42, told Judge Michelle Sisco “not a single day goes by that he doesn t think of the murder of Vicki Robinson and how I wish I could turn back the clocks of time and change what happened.”
Davis was being resentenced for the murder, which happened when he was 19. Prosecutors had decided not to seek the death penalty again after the U.S. Supreme Court threw out his sentence and others because the jury had not voted unanimously for the penalty. Davis jury voted 7-5.
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