Overview
- Jurors deliberated for more than three hours before opting for a life sentence rather than a death recommendation.
- Braddy’s 2007 death sentence, imposed by an 11–1 jury, was overturned in 2017 after courts required unanimity for capital punishment.
- Prosecutor Abbe Rifkin urged execution, saying Quatisha Maycock was conscious and suffering, while defense attorney Khurrum Wahid cited Braddy’s prison record, serious health issues, and family impact.
- Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Marisa Tinkler Mendez formally imposed the life term after the verdict, as the 76-year-old defendant appeared emotional and embraced his lawyers.
- Shandelle Maycock testified about the 1998 abduction and attack but was not present for the verdict, and her daughter’s body was found days later with injuries consistent with an alligator attack.