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He spent decades in a mental hospital after St. Petersburg killing. Would he get prison?

A lawyer for 49-year-old Brandon Hitteman asked jurors to consider reduced charges for the 2002 beating death of his girlfriend, Pamela Berkebile. Read more.

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