RECOVER AFTER HE WAS BITTEN BY A SHARK IN THE KEYS. GOOD AFTERNOON, SOUTH
.
>>> RIGHT NOW AT NOON REACTION
TODAY AFTER A VERDICT IS REACHED
IN THE PENALTY PHASE FOR THE
PARKLAND SCHOOL SHOOTER.
THE VICTIMS FAMILIES SPEAKING
OUT AFTER A JURY RECOMMENDED
LIFE IN PRISON INSTEAD OF THE
DEATH PENALTY.
>>> AND DRAMA IN THE COURTROOM
AS WE LEARN A JUROR CLAIMS SHE
WAS THREATEN THED BY ANOTHER
JUROR, PROSECUTORS NOW ASKING
FOR AN INVESTIGATION WITH A
HEARING SCHEDULED TODAY.
WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE A DAY
AFTER THE VERDICT WAS REACHED
AND LET’S GO TO LIANE LIVE WITH
THIS CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING THE
JURORS.
TELL US ABOUT THAT.
>> SO AT 1:30 P.M. THE JUDGE
WILL HEAR A MOTION FILED BY THE
STATE LATE LAST NIGHT.
PROSECUTORS ARE SAYING THAT THEY
WERE CONTACTED BY ONE OF THE
JURORS ON THE PARKLAND SCHOOL
SHOOTER’S PENALTY PHASE TRIAL P
WANTING TO SPEAK TO ASSISTANT
STATE ATTORNEY MIKE EPIEL SAX.
THAT MOTION SAYS IN QUOTE THAT
JUROR X SPOKE TO A SUPPORT STAFF
MEMBER SAYING THAT SHE RECEIVED
WHAT SHE PERCEIVED TO BE A
THREAT FROM A FELLOW JUROR WHILE
IN THE JURY ROOM.
IT GOES ON TO SAY THE STATE’S
REQUEST THAT AN INTERVIEW BE
GRANTED TO INVESTIGATE THIS
SERIOUS ALLEGATION BECAUSE A
CRIME MAY HAVE BEEN COMMITTED.
THEY ALSO REQUEST THAT LAUNCH
CONDUCT THIS INTERVIEW.
NOW, IT I WANT YOU TO TAKE A
LOOK AT THIS ON YOUR SCREEN, A
LETTER WRITTEN DID BY JUROR 12 W
RECOUNTS A CONVERSATION SHE HAD
WITH JUROR EIGHT F READING IN
PART QUOTE I WOULD LIKE TO
NOTIFY YOU THAT A JUROR -- THIS
ALLEGATION IS UNTRUE AND I
MAINTAIN MY OATH TO THE COURT
THAT I WOULD BE FAIR AND
UNBIASED, THE DELIBERATIONS WERE
VERY TENSE AND SOME JURORS
BECAME EXTREMELY UNHAPPY ONCE I
MENTIONED THAT I WOULD VOTE FOR
LIFE.
THIS WAS BY ALL ACCOUNTS A FOR
FRAUGHT PROCESS REACHING THAT
RECOMMENDATION FOR LIFE IN
PRISON T.
JURORS ONE AND THREE EACH SAID
THEY WOULD HAVE LIKED TO SEE THE
PARKLAND SCHOOL SHOOTER RECEIVE
THE DEATH PENALTY.
>> I DIDN’T VOTE THAT WAY SO I’M
NOT HAPPY WITH HOW IT WORKED
OUT.
>> INSTEAD OF FAILURE TO FULLY
AGREE ULTIMATELY KEPT THEIR
DECISION FROM BEING UNANIMOUS.
>> THERE WAS IT’S IT’S ONE JUROR
THAT WAS VERY SET IN WHAT SHALL
BELIEVE AND THE THAT WAS THE
LIFE SENTENCE.
>> IF A JUROR IS HARD THEY’RE
ONLY GOING TO VOTE ONE WAY
THERE’S NOTHING YOU CAN DO.
>> JUROR THREE SAID HE REQUESTED
IT BE BROUGHT TO THE JURY ROOM.
>> I WAS IN THE MILITARY AND I
AM VERY WELL VERSUSSED IN A
RIFLE, SO I WANTED TO HELP
ELABORATE THE FEATURES THAT THE
DEFENDANT PUT ON THE WEAPON, FOR
INSTANCE, THE SLING, AS WELL AS
THE FORE GRIP, SO I WANTED TO
SHOW THE JURY THAT IT IS NOT
EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO PUT THOSE
ON BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU
NEED, A MENTAL CAPACITY TO PUT
THOSE ON.
>> JURORS SPOKE BRIEFLY IN THE
COURTHOUSE PARKING GARAGE
SEEMINGLY RELIEVED TO BE DONE
WITH HER CIVIC DUTY.
>> ANXIOUS, NERVOUS.
VERY HAPPY THAT IT’S OVER.
>> AND IN JUST THE LAST COUPLE
OF MINUTES THE GOVERNOR WEIGHING
IN ON THIS WHILE SPEAKING TO
HURRICANE IAN SURVIVERS IN CAPE
CORAL SHE HE SAYS HE DOES
SUPPORT AN INVESTIGATION INTO
POSSIBLE JURY MISCONDUCT.
TAKE A LISTEN.
>> I KNOW THAT THE PROSECUTORS
ARE PURSUING SOME THINGS WITH
THE JURY AND I THINK THEY SHOULD
DO THAT.
I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
DID YOU HAVE JURORS THAT WERE
GOING TO DO THIS NO MATTER WHAT,
THAT’S NOT THE WAY THIS SYSTEM
IS SUPPOSED TO WORK, WHAT’S
GOING ON.
THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SOMETHING
THAT WENT ON SO I THINK WHATEVER
LEGAL PROCESS THEY HAVE
AVAILABLE, I THINK THEY SHOULD
USE IT BECAUSE I DO THINK IT WAS
A MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE.
>>> SO AGAIN, A MOTION TO HEAR
ALL OF THIS WILL GO BEFORE A
JUDGE AT 130 P.M.
COUNT ON LOCAL 10 FOR CONTINUING