By Lee Williams BRADENTON - After all they discovered about Delmer Smith last week — how he used a cast-iron sewing machine to smash Kathleen Briles' head, how he tortured an elderly woman, and how he showed no remorse — a Manatee County jury took only 29 minutes Tuesday to recommend that Smith be put to death. Smith, 41, never took the stand to ask the jury to spare his life during an emotional daylong sentencing hearing, and he did not react when the sentence recommendation was made. http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20120814/ARTICLE/120819843 … [Read more...]