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DELAND -- An inmate who killed a state prison corrections officer in 2008 has been sentenced to death.

Enoch Hall was convicted in October 2009 of stabbing Officer Donna Fitzgerald to death at the Tomoka Correctional Institution, near Daytona Beach.

The Volusia County jury that found Hall guilty unanimously recommended the death penalty.

Circuit Judge David Walsh confirmed the jury’s recommendation Friday.

Hall was already serving two life sentences for sexual battery and kidnapping when he attacked Fitzgerald, stabbing her nearly two dozen times.

The victim’s family said Hall’s sentence is a just one.

“That’s what she deserved,” said Dana Shure, Fitzgerald’s sister. “She went through a lot. She fought hard, and it helps knowing that he’s going to be in death row for a while.”

A shakeup of prison staff followed Fitzgerald’s murder, including a new warden.

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