Florida man who killed 5 in bank shooting hears jury recommend death sentence

A jury recommended the death sentence for Zephen Xaver, who pleaded guilty to shooting and killing 5 women in a Sebring bank in 2019.
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[@davidfenner1278]

Listening to this clerk was extremely painful...

[@MR.GetOVERiT333]

THIS IS A REOCCURRING THING WITH THESE PEOPLE.

[@Cyriacus58]

That was the foreperson!

[@maryellensola5379]

Yes, she needs to work on her oral reading skills! Yokes!

[@YvonneNicole248]

​@@Cyriacus58...That is incorrect. That is not the foreperson reading the verdict. It is the clerk for this judge & court.

[@PLF817]

Maybe the state of Florida could find a shorter way of reading the verdict. Also, the judge should read the riles.

[@AndrewKlilly]

They really should get someone that knows how to read…

[@michaeldaly9984]

The nauseating repetition was torture enough but being forced to listen to her stumbling over her words was cruel and unusual punishment

[@GrizzlyUrsusArctos]

This is the second court clerk in 2 different trials that can’t pronounce words on the verdict form they’re asked to read.

[@Shashie24]

Yes, the same in Wade Wilson, absolutely terrible, you would think they would practice these type of words and forms beforehand, very unprofessional.

[@joepzenz]

It was painful to listen to

[@user-tn8ci6wg5k]

She's a clerk of the court and can't pronounce "justification". What a ditz

[@Shashie24]

@garrybuicke1803 I see so many court clerks the same. They should have to do a public speaking course for this position.

[@MeoMiyo]

Exactly.

[@CeruleanTalon1]

Court clerk either needs to go back to school and learn to read aloud, or get better glasses.

[@bert1234]

She's nervous. Chill.

[@bill-ne8kr]

The clerk needs to read the form and learn how to pronounce ahead of time. Good verdict. Bad reading.

[@ellievazquez5293]

For the most part people these days in the professional arena don't know how to read, speak, articulate or do things in a professional manner. This is really bad in the work force this should not occur.....😢

[@MR.GetOVERiT333]

"HE DIDNDU NUFFING YALL HE A GOOD BOI" THE RACE THAT INVENTED SLAVERY(HINT:WE WERE VIKANGZ)

[@challanger275]

Did the clerk even pass a public service exam to get the position?

[@EASTSIDERIDER707]

We have a reading comprehension issue here.

[@griffin0010]

She's reading like she's in 4th grade

[@charliegonzalez3610]

It's how liberals read. LMFaoooo

[@ahmaudarberywasaviolentkle8094]

Affirmative Action.

[@abelis644]

​@@charliegonzalez3610 That's rich when you have the convicted felon doing this: hemberder covfefe Humus for Hamas infrashtrusher for infrastructure etc etc etc tRump the dolt...

[@johnnywalker4857]

The publishing of the verdicts and sentences was more about the clerk's inability to read them properly than it was about the seriousness of the verdicts and the sentences that were imposed. If she can't read, then they should get someone else who can.

[@leea1988]

The education system there must be sorely lacking. Good lord.

[@jackiesmith2710]

5 human lives lost by a monster RIP This is the kind of thing that happens when you let the devil into your mind That's why we need God in our lives

[@tflg3257]

@jackiesmith2710 How many people has god killed?

[@jackiesmith2710]

@@tflg3257 God gives every man a choice Good or evil

[@RomanKOZAK-ef1up]

​@@jackiesmith2710Sorry this is more about some kind of psychosis what he did crazy guy...

[@Reach41]

He knows now that he doesn’t have to worry about saving for retirement.

[@EASTSIDERIDER707]

His digestive system is in turmoil while awaiting the verdict. You messed up big time dude.

[@tflg3257]

@EASTSIDERIDER707 He's probably not neurotypical. He's not wired correctly.

[@MR.GetOVERiT333]

NO CLASS, NO SHAME, NO DIGNITY.

[@alexxela8956]

I was going to watch this but after reading the comments about the fourth grader reading I won't.

[@tflg3257]

@alexxela8956 The clerk is catching heat for the tedious trial verdict announcements that Florida has.

[@sopheadutch6350]

So, you don't have to know how to read to be a court's clerk? wtf? She is awful!

[@tflg3257]

@sopheadutch6350 She wasn't that bad. The procedure is the problem in reading the same text over and over again for each count.

[@OCDTraci]

@@tflg3257 Nah, man. She was bad.

[@tflg3257]

@@OCDTraci ​No. I listened to it again. She barely stumbled. Neither you nor I would do any better. Court clerks are not trained in Shakespeare. People are being too hard on her.

[@DT-ml7ob]

It could be she was reading slowly for the court reporter to dictate

[@tflg3257]

@@DT-ml7ob After a few, I noticed that Florida's verdict announcements are too long and redundant.

[@jamesbillington9280]

Sentenced to death by a 4th grader.

[@ilovemylord9999]

Why did they call out the names of the people on the jury. That should be confidential. They need to learn how to read first. Extremely bad job by the court. This is just my opinion. This has nothing to do with the judge.

[@daiquiria1]

They weren't calling out the names of the jurors. They are the names of the victims per count of murder.

[@ev25zv]

Lol at busting chops over how this person reads yet you couldn't understand that the names were related to each count of murder he was charged with.

[@sheilarainey218]

Do they really need to go through all that crap no wonder she's stuttering just say guilty or not

[@sweeteypie590]

It's really sad how the people in this world is so quick to judge someone on how they speak or read 😮 SMH

[@sopheadutch6350]

LOL, "justa-fii-cajion"🤣, by the time she is done, "the dude should be set free" (because we should not have to put through this kindergarten reading of an actual serious/heinous matter" (what a joke of this court procedure).

[@ponzo1967]

That was one cold blooded crime.

[@tishm2102]

Is this the first day on the job for this clerk? Contemporaneously, say it!

[@drowningnotwaving]

Is this the same clerk from the Wade trial? She couldn't read either! You'd think that as reading these forms aloud is part of your job, you'd learn how to say them! It's so infuriating! She's tripping over the same words time and time again! 🤯

[@michaeldaly9984]

Cruel and unusual punishment, it might be part of the sentence 🤪

[@garthshmanigans1658]

What did his parents expect giving him that name?

[@sherryhall3466]

Lol

[@franceswatts4001]

This is the 2nd trial I have watched recently where the Clerk struggled with common legal terms.

[@BrooklynPerson30000]

she's so bad it's hard to comprehend the verdict

[@sandraconnelly7507]

A Jury made the correct decision....guessing for a few it was difficult, but this case screamed out for the utilmate punishment. Sadly he will continue to live and breath for the next 20 years...his Victems won't.

[@Makeusqueak]

So the court clerk is tasked with reading the verdict, but she can't even read or pronounce the word comtemporaneously? SMH contemporaneously contemporaneous

[@RICOVYBEZ]

Omg, Listening to her was punishment enough, 🥺

[@seanc5226]

Clerk sounds hungover, bad form considering the seriousness of the case.

[@Arielle1309]

This clerk isn't up to the job!!!

[@OCDTraci]

Ok but next time can we have the Judge read rather than a clerk who can't pronounce words

[@user-qn3ip7mp4z]

That reading 🫣🫣🫣🫣

[@robertyoung6278]

Obviously the clerk was nervous, despite the crime she is reading the outcome of someone's life ,I'm sure anyone would be a bag of nerves .

[@ellenhood1356]

That's what I thought

[@ghostdoodles]

Agreed, but she should be trained to get through this type of reading without stumbling over the words so much.

[@Persepolis8564]

English is my second language and I know very well how to say contemporaneously and justification. 😊

[@melissaschreiber7]

Liked n shared

[@melissaschreiber7]

👏👏👏👏👏

[@charlesdavis-langer]

Clerk is horribly inept- mispronounces same word multiple times...second contemporaneously was pronounced contempurous-anally.

[@naradaian]

Oh no shes still making strange noises 8 minutes in - you have been warned

[@willmays4954]

This guy has serious legal problems now only thing he can try is an appeal

[@jennyadams6327]

LORD help us all.

[@jonkline709]

How. Do they get the jobs for working for the court? Who actually hires them. I they appoint there friends

[@BABJIRAO]

Its not important how she reads the matter is important. She has read quite nicely and clearly.

[@juanacastillo7154]

⚖️👍🇺🇸

[@alexdavidson7785]

🇺🇸 🫡 ☠️

[@MR.GetOVERiT333]

IM SICK AND TIRED OF THESE PEOPLE AT THIS POINT

[@naradaian]

‘Murica - spud ridding only

[@melissaschreiber7]

1st

[@sonnyp3228]

I am glad that the defend attorney didn't ask her to repeat.

[@user-vq7bv8kd7o]

I wish these people would learn to pronounce "Heinous".

[@mechaelculbreath2290]

They pronounced one word right..