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Sentencing Date Set For "Facebook Killer"

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MIAMI (CBSMiami) - The man dubbed the "Facebook Killer" will learn his fate next month.

On Friday, a judge set a sentencing date of February 5th for Derek Medina. He faces up to life in prison.

Last November, a jury found Medina, 33, guilty of second degree murder in the 2013 shooting death of his wife Jennifer Alfonso. Afterward, Medina posted pictures of her body on Facebook.

It took the jury six and a half hours to come to the conclusion that Medina murdered Alfonso, and neglected her 10-year old daughter by locking her in the home while her mother lay dead.

After the verdict was announced Medina's attorney, Saam Zanganeh, said they planned to appeal.

Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle called the conviction a relief and a victory for her office and Alfonso's family. She believes Medina created additional pain by posting the picture of Alfonso's corpse on Facebook.

Medina did not testify in his own defense during the trial. He reportedly confessed to killing Alfonso, in their South Miami home on August 8th, 2013. He then posted the picture of her bloody body with a caption that read, in part: "I'm going to prison or death sentence for killing my wife."

The defense maintained Medina had shot his wife in self defense. They claimed he was verbally and physically abused by his wife on a regular basis.

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