Akron jury recommends death penalty for 2011 double murder
Dawud El Spaulding listens to the jury polling after the recommended the death penalty in mitigation phase of his trial in Common Pleas Judge Paul Gallagher's court. Spaulding received the recommendation for the death penalty for killing Ernie Thomas and Erica Singleton, the mother of his children and for the shooting of Patrick Griffin. (Mike Cardew/Akron Beacon Journal)