Markeith Loyd displays a level of ”cultural paranoia” against police and white people that make his perceptions “distorted” and “dysfunctional,” an expert witness on race told jurors weighing the death penalty against the convicted cop killer Friday.
The sentencing phase in the Markeith Loyd murder trial resumed on Thursday. Loyd was convicted by a jury last month in the killing of Orlando Police Lt. Debra Clayton.
Markeith Loyd's lawyers want to convince the jury to spare his life by not recommending the judge give him death for the murder of Orlando Police Lt. Debra Clayton.