PUNTA GORDA, Fla. (WWSB) – After nearly two decades of legal proceedings and a weeklong trial, a jury has recommended the death sentence for Dwight Eaglin, a former local boxer convicted of murdering a prison guard during a failed escape attempt.
The decision marks a significant moment in a case that has already spanned more than a decade, offering Eaglin a grim second chance at sentencing under Florida’s revised death penalty laws.
The jury reached its recommendation Wednesday afternoon after just a few hours of deliberation…