# Rapper who killed woman and her unborn baby asks judge to sentence him to death penalty and tells his lawyers not to bother with mitigation

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/rapper-who-killed-woman-and-her-unborn-baby-asks-judge-to-sentence-him-to-death-penalty-and-tells-his-lawyers-not-to-bother-with-mitigation/
- Published: 2026-10-22T21:13:59+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-22T21:27:54+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16230611/Rapper-killed-woman-unborn-baby-asks-judge-sentence-death-penalty-tells-lawyers-not-bother-mitigation.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Billy Adams has asked the judge to impose the death penalty.
- The jury recommended death by an 8-4 vote.
- Sentencing is scheduled for 1 December.

## Summary

Billy Adams III, a Florida rapper convicted of killing his pregnant girlfriend, Alana Sims, has asked a judge to sentence him to death. In a handwritten letter, he said he wants his lawyers to respect his wishes and not pursue mitigation, as his case approaches sentencing.

Sims, 22 and five months pregnant, was shot dead on 30 January 2023 beside her car, with her two-year-old child inside. The jury voted 8-4 for the death penalty, the minimum required under a Florida law enacted after the trial began; Adams’s lawyers argued that applying it breached protections against retroactive punishment. He is due to be sentenced on 1 December, and the case is scheduled for review on 27 October.

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