"The seven-man, five-woman jury deliberated for more than eight hours about Underwood's fate and reached a verdict by 11:20 p.m. The jury's recommendation of death will carry with it an automatic appeal on Underwood's behalf.

About 90 minutes into their deliberations, jurors asked Judge Candace Blalock if a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole meant Underwood would spend at least 45 years in jail or would die in prison. She instructed the jury that he would never be ..."