Carlos Kennedy, who represented himself in a retrial for capital murder, was sentenced to life without parole on Thursday. A jury found Kennedy guilty for the 2010 murder of 69-year old Zoa White.

After the jury's recommendation for life without parole was issued Thursday, Judge Charles Graddick signed a court document accepting the jury's proposed sentence, court filings show.

Kennedy was originally sentenced to death for the 2010 homicide, but was granted a chance to represent himself after an appeals court ruling in 2015.

White, a retired real estate agent and administrator for former Governor Bob Riley, was found dead in her home in Mobile with injuries investigators say were inflicted with a claw hammer. A fingerprint, palm print and blood at the scene pointed investigators to Kennedy, who lived mere blocks away.