(Court TV) — In a rare legal move, a Florida judge departed from a jury's death-penalty recommendation and instead sentenced Justin Barber to life in prison Friday for killing his wife. Circuit Court Judge Edward Hedstrom handed down the life term to Barber, 34, who was convicted in June of murdering his 27-year-old wife, April, during a stroll on the beach on April 17, 2002. The panel that convicted the former financial analyst of murder rejected his claim that a mugger attacked the couple on the beach, leaving the defendant with four gunshot wounds. During the penalty phase of the...
