Maybe I shouldn’t be surprised, but I am anyway

REDWOOD CITY, California (CNN) — A jury recommended Monday that Scott Peterson, the former fertilizer salesman whose case grabbed national headlines, be sentenced to death for killing his 27-year-old pregnant wife, Laci.

Cheers went up from a crowd of several hundred outside the courthouse as the jury announced its decision after 11 ¹⁄₂ hours of deliberations over three days.

Peterson, 32, clenched his jaw when the verdict was read and leaned over to speak with his attorney, Mark Geragos, but showed no other emotion, according to The Associated Press.

Of course, it’s not like he’ll actually be executed for years and years, but still.