The state of Florida is seeking for the first time to use the death penalty against a man accused of sexually abusing a child.
A grand jury indicted of Joseph Andrew Giampa on six counts of Sexual Battery Upon a Person Under Twelve Years of Age and three counts of Promoting a Sexual Performance by a Child.
State Attorney William Gladson of the Fifth Judicial Circuit State Attorney’s Office said that due to the severity of the alleged crimes, his office intends to seek the death penalty pursuant to Florida Statutes 794.011(2)(a) and 921.1425.
Giampa was arrested by Lake County sheriff’s deputies on November 2 after they arrived at his home to question him.
Giampa showed deputies a video that was on a laptop in his camper that allegedly depicted him “sexually abusing a child while recording the act,” The Tampa Bay Times reported.
During the video, the man who was recording it put…
