Update: Raechale Elton murder *Jury recommends that Robert Cameron Houston be sentenced to life without parole*

Today was a good day for justice in the Raechale Elton murder case. After hearing all of the evidence in the sentencing hearing all week, the jurors deliberated today to decide if Robert Cameron Houston would be sentenced to twenty years to life or to life without parole.

During the hearing, which began Monday, jurors heard testimony from several people including a defense expert who said Houston had violent sexual compulsions caused by an undiagnosed disorder.Psychologist Linda Gummow testified that Houston had obsessive compulsive disorder that manifested itself in thoughts that were dominated by violent sexual fantasies.Gummow said the disorder was likely linked to incidents in Houston's childhood. As a child Houston saw his father put a knife to his mother's throat, and he was raped by a friend of his older brother, she said.

Cameron pleaded guilty to Raechale's murder last month in a plea bargain with the State. Since he was 17 when he commited the murder, he did not face the death penalty. However, due to it being a capital crime, the jury had to recommend a sentence. And today, they did just that. They recommended a sentence of life without parole. His formal sentencing by the Judge will be in May.

After deliberating for about five and half hours, the jury in the case of convicted murderer Robert Houston came back with a sentence of life in prison without parole. Eleven of the twelve jurors decided on this sentence.

So, Cameron will receive the harshest sentence possible for his crime, which is appropriate and is what I call justice. He will not have the opportunity for parole - he will be in prison his entire adult life, which really is very sad, but he needs to suffer the consequences for his actions and his decisions. He knew it was wrong, but chose to do it anyway. I hope he suffers every day for the rest of his life.

The family of Raechale Elton did not speak to reporters as they left the courtroom but it was obvious they were pleased by the jury's decision. Houston's mother, Carol Lyman, told reporters that "both families had lost".

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