GREENSBURG, Pa. - A man deserves to die by lethal injection for his role in the torture killing of a mentally disabled woman held captive in a dingy apartment for more than two days, a jury ruled Thursday.
The jury delivered the death penalty instead of life in prison for Melvin Knight, 22, after hearing nearly two weeks of testimony about the death of Jennifer Daugherty in February 2010.
Knight, who pleaded guilty to murder, is to have the sentence imposed Friday by Westmoreland County Court Judge Rita Hathaway.
