Howard Paul Guidry was convicted in 1997 as the triggerman and sentenced to death for the 1994 murder-for-hire slaying of Farah Fratta. Her death was masterminded by her husband, former Missouri City public safety officer Robert Fratta.
In 2004, a federal judge ruled Guidry deserved a new trial because he was tricked into making a confession when sheriff’s deputies lied to him and said his attorney had given him permission to talk.
The jury in his retrial convicted Guidry again last week on a capital murder charge. The same jury deliberated for about two hours Thursday before sentencing him to death.
Prosecutors told jurors Guidry would be a continuing threat to society if allowed to live.
Defense attorney Tyrone Moncriffe asked jurors to sentence Guidry, 30, to life in prison, saying he would suffer plenty because of the guilt he would feel while incarcerated.
Robert Fratta and the man he enlisted to hire Guidry, Joseph Prystash, are on death row for their roles in the killing.

Source: Associated Press