Former professional boxer going back to death row

PUNTA GORDA, Fla. (WWSB) – 50-year-old Dwight Eaglin, from Clearwater, was sentenced to death for the second time on Friday morning.

Eaglin was convicted in 1998 for the first-degree murder of John Frederick Nichols. He was convicted and given a life sentence in 2001.

Eaglin then attempted a prison escape on June 11, 2003. The incident took place at the Charlotte Correctional Institution in Punta Gorda, Florida…

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