Inmate Gets Death Penalty For Murdering Cellmate

December 18, 2017

A Santa Rosa Correctional Institution inmate was sentenced Monday morning to death for the murder of a cellmate in 2012.

Shawn Rogers attacked inmate Ricky D. Martin, 24, on March 30, 2012. Martin died from blunt force trauma to his brain on April 8, 2012.

Martin, who was from Collier County, was serving time for 2007 conviction on charges of grand theft, armed burglary, trafficking in stolen property and four counts of grand theft of a firearm.

Rogers was already serving a life sentence for robbery with a deadly weapon and a 15-year sentence for aggravated battery with deadly weapon.

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3 Responses to “Inmate Gets Death Penalty For Murdering Cellmate”

  1. mick on December 18th, 2017 4:32 pm

    Expedite the death sentence. Now he has something to lose.

  2. Chris on December 18th, 2017 11:39 am

    If averages hold.. he may be executed in 2037.

  3. Mr. Nobody on December 18th, 2017 11:33 am

    Well now he gets bumped up to luxury living. He will remain on death row for 30-40 years and will most likely die of natural causes before the death sentence is carried out. America is soft. In China they are executing people who get the death sentence in public and people are ok with it. Thousands arrive to witness it. That’s why they have a lower crime rate than America. This inmate kills in cold blood and has no remorse so we sentence him to death where he will actually enjoy the rest of his life. Ugh.

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