Death row inmate Tiffany Cole will be back in a Jacksonville courtroom soon for resentencing in 2005 'buried alive' case of Reggie and Carol Sumner.
Nixon cooperated with prosecutors and received a life sentence for the crime. Jackson, Wade, and Cole were all sentenced to death. However, their sentences were thrown out in 2017 after a new law was passed requiring unanimous jury verdicts in death cases.
The law changed back again this year. Florida juries can now sentence someone to death with a vote of just 8-4. So while Cole is being resentenced because of the 2017 rules, she will be resentenced under existing ones. Cole’s original jury was split 9-3.Cole's codefendants were already resentenced. Alan Wade was given a life sentence last year; Michael Jackson was resentenced to death in May.
After Jackson’s resentencing, State Attorney Melissa Nelson said the ultimate punishment was warranted. “This remains one of the most shocking and evil crimes our community has ever suffered — cold, calculated, premeditated, heinous, atrocious, cruel," she said."Despite the passage of time, law enforcement and the prosecution, led by Alan Mizrahi, have remained steadfast in their commitment to this case and to the friends and family of Reggie and Carol Sumner."Jury selection begins Monday and could take two days.
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