Attorneys defending Patrick McDowell will work to keep him off death row on Monday.
What’s called a Spencer hearing is scheduled at 9 a.m. at the Nassau County Courthouse.
A Spencer hearing allows McDowell’s defense team to present more evidence in hopes the judge will not uphold a jury’s recommendation that McDowell be sentenced to death.
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After a nearly two-week-long trial in April, a jury recommended the death penalty.
Action News Jax will be inside the courtroom for Monday’s hearing.
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