(CNN) -- A former police officer convicted of murdering his girlfriend and their unborn child tearfully apologized to her family Monday in front of the jury that will decide whether he lives or dies. Bobby Cutts Jr. weeps openly as his mother describes his childhood during a sentencing hearing. "It was a nightmare that will continue to haunt me for the rest of my days," said Bobby Cutts, Jr., 30, reading from a prepared statement at the penalty phase of his murder trial. "Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I'm asking you to spare my life." Cutts was convicted on February 15 of the murder of girlfriend Jessie Marie Davis and the aggravated murder of the unborn girl Davis had planned to name Chloe.
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NEW: Ex-cop apologizes, asks jury to spare him
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Bobby Cutts Jr. faces the death penalty for murders of girlfriend, unborn child
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Cutts also could receive life sentence, with or without parole
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Same jury that found Cutts guilty is hearing penalty phase of trial
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