DEATH FOR JAMES HAWKINS; MADE GIRL CUT UP MOM

UPDATE: Sinister James Hawkins, 33, who made his daughter watch as he stabbed and strangled her mother before making her hold the head as he severed it and put it in the freezer has been sentenced to DEATH. A
A jury issued a death sentence Saturday for the Memphis man found guilty of murdering the mother of his three children and then dismembering and disposing of her body. MORE FROM FOX MEMPHIS
 Twisted James Hawkins, 33, repeatedly sexually abused his 15-year-daughter who was just 12 when her mother was killed and threatened to kill her if she told anyone about their relationship.
Then in February 2008 the violent psychopath stabbed and strangled her
mother in front of them.
His two sons testified as well saying their father took them to buy a saw the day of the murder and that they helped him remove a mattress from the couples bedroom.
Worse still, he then tried to blame his daughter for the slaughter, claiming he was only helping his daughter clean up after she had murdered her mother.
Outside the courtroom, relatives of Gaither wept loudly and hugged each other after they heard the verdict. A prosecutor said the jury clearly believed the children's testimony.
"They were completely truthful and forthright," prosecutor Jennifer Nichols said outside the courtroom.
The jury next will decide if he should be sentenced to death.