The Brief A convicted killer in Hillsborough County asked a judge to sentence him to death following a jury's recommendation. Billy Adams wrote a letter to the judge, waiving his right to mitigation arguments at his Dec. 1 Spencer hearing. Adams was convicted of murdering his girlfriend, Alana Sims, 22, and her unborn child in 2023. A convicted killer in Tampa wrote a letter asking a judge to sentence him to death for the murder of his pregnant girlfriend's unborn child. Tampa rapper death sentence request What we know: Last month, a jury convicted Billy Adams, 28, of the murders of his pregnant girlfriend, Alana Sims, 22, and her unborn child in 2023. In an 8 to 4 vote, a jury recommended that Adams be sentenced to death for the murder of Sims' unborn child. According to court filings, Adams wrote a letter to the judge asking to be sentenced to death. In his letter, Adams wrote, I don't want my lawyers to present any mitigation or arguments at this hearing, and I am asking this court to sentence me to what the jury voted for. Criminal defense attorney Anthony Rickman, who's not affiliated with this case, says this isn't common. PREVIOUS: Tampa rapper Billy Adams found guilty in murder of pregnant girlfriend Knowing that there is no end, knowing that there is not tomorrow, that the rest of your life, you're going to be behind walls, behind a cell, without the ability of getting out, Rickman said. I mean, at the end of the day, there is an end point for them if you are going to get the death penalty. You're not getting old and gray behind bars. So, there must be some mindset behind the fact that you have closure that your life is going to end. And that you're basically giving up the fight. The backstory: Prosecutors said Adams shot Sims in the back of the head in 2023, as part of a plan to be with a different girlfriend. It was later determined that Adams was not the father of the unborn child. He was charged a few days after being acquitted in a separate double murder. Defense mit #fox2detroit #CrimeInTheD ®