The black man who murdered the mother of his three children and then dismembered her body - forcing their daughter to hold the head as he severed it - will be executed

The jury reached its decision in the case against 33-year-old James Hawkins. Hawkins' 15-year-old daughter, the prosecution's chief witness, had testified that her father repeatedly sexually abused her when she was 12 years old. The girl said that she saw her father stab and strangle 28-year-old Charlene Gaither during an argument on February 9, 2008. Hawkins' two sons, ages 13 and 14, also testified against him. During the sentencing hearing, jurors were shown six gruesome photos of Gaither's torso, which had dark gray wounds where the head, feet and hands were removed. They also heard for the first time about Hawkins' 17 prior convictions on aggravated robbery and aggravated assault charges. The defense called witnesses, who testified that Hawkins had an IQ of 77 and suffers from attention deficit disorder.