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| Death Sentence for Eaglin |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 04/03/2006 |
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A convicted murderer was sentenced to death for the slayings of a female prison officer and another inmate during a failed escape attempt. Circuit Judge William Blackwell said Dwight T. Eaglin never expressed remorse before issuing his death sentence Friday. Eaglin was convicted in February of the murders of corrections officer Darla Kay Lathrem and inmate Charles Fuston. A jury later recommended death. Eaglin smiled as he entered the courtroom, and was smiling as he left. "The attitude border-lined on arrogance," Blackwell said. Eaglin was one of three prisoners who attacked Lathrem, beat her to death and stuffed her body into a locked mop closet during a botched escape from the Charlotte Correctional Institution in June 2003. Fuston died several days later from injuries sustained in the attack. Lathrem was on duty alone, armed only with pepper spray and a radio. She was the first female prison officer ever killed in Florida. Eaglin was already serving a life sentence for stabbing a man to death in 1998 outside a Pinellas County bar. During a pre-sentence investigation, Eaglin's foster father discussed Eaglin's abusive and childhood. Eaglin was later removed from his father's home and was sent to live with a foster family in Illinois. His father is now in prison in Illinois. The defense said during trial that the prison system failed to keep Eaglin under control and should share blame for the murders. A Florida Department of Corrections investigation showed numerous instances of prison officials failing to adhere to basic safety procedures and policies. The 2004 report resulted in the demotion of several CCI officials. |
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