JUDGE WILLIAM D MUDD AT END OF WESTERFIELD TRIAL, 2002-09-16 (photo)

Judge William D. Mudd gestures at the end of the David Westerfield trial in San Diego court September 16, 2002. A jury on September 16 recommended the death penalty rather than life in prison without parole for David Westerfield for the kidnap and murder of 7-year-old Danielle van Dam. The verdict of the six-man, six-woman jury came on the fifth day of deliberations in the penalty phase of the trial of Westerfield, who was found guilty in August of the San Diego schoolgirl's murder. The jury had earlier on Monday told the judge they were deadlocked but returned to the courtroom shortly after a lunch break saying they had since reached a unanimous verdict. REUTERS/POOL ME