BREVARD COUNTY, Fla.,None — WFTV will be in a Viera courtroom Thursday morning when the families of a murder victim and the woman who killed her speak out.
A judge will use what they say to decide whether he will send Margaret Allen to death row for torturing and killing her housekeeper.
Emotions could run high as the court expects to hear from Allen herself. This will be her last chance to plead her case to the judge and potentially save her life.
The jury already recommended death for Allen. The Titusville woman was convicted of first-degree felony murder for killing her house keeper Wenda Wright in 2005 because she thought Wright was stealing money for her.
WFTV was in court in September of 2010 when a jury recommended Allen receive death by lethal injection. Allen did not move a muscle during the announcement.
"By a vote of 12 to 0, advise and recommend to the court that it impose the death penalty on Margaret Ann Allen," a juror announced to the court.
During the closing arguments, prosecutors told jurors that Allen deserved the death penalty because she also tortured Wright by tying her up, beating her and pouring liquids on her face.
Allen could become only the second woman on Florida's death row.
WFTV will have a full report on Thursday's hearing during Eyewitness News at Noon.
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