{"id":1957730,"date":"2023-06-26T21:10:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T01:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-convicted-murderer-punches-attorney-in-court-ahead-of-death-sentence\/"},"modified":"2023-06-26T21:11:38","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T01:11:38","slug":"watch-convicted-murderer-punches-attorney-in-court-ahead-of-death-sentence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-convicted-murderer-punches-attorney-in-court-ahead-of-death-sentence\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Murderer Attacks Lawyer Before Sentencing"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-convicted-murderer-punches-attorney-in-court-ahead-of-death-sentence%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1957730&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Shocking Display in the Courtroom: Convicted Murderer Elbows Attorney in the Face<\/h2>\n<p>In a Florida courtroom on Monday, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-convicted-murderer-punches-attorney-in-court-ahead-of-death-sentence\/\" title=\"VIDEO: Murderer Attacks Lawyer Before Sentencing\">convicted murderer made headlines<\/a> with his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-border-crossers-separated-by-trump-deserve-compensation-payouts\/\" title=\"Joe Biden: Border Crossers Separated by Trump 'Deserve' Compensation Payouts\">outrageous behavior<\/a>. Joseph Zieler, 61, of North Fort Myers, is facing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawyers-for-woman-on-death-row-request-president-trump-grant-clemency-a-week-before-execution\/\" title=\"Lawyers for woman on death row request President Trump grant clemency a week before execution\">death penalty<\/a> for the heinous crimes he committed in 1990. He raped and murdered 11-year-old Robin Cornell and her babysitter Lisa Story in Cape Coral. This Monday&#8217;s hearing was Zieler&#8217;s opportunity to appeal for a new trial or a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-rules-against-l-a-county-das-policies-pushing-for-reduced-sentences-for-violent-criminals\/\" title=\"Judge rules against L.A. County DA\u2019s policies pushing for reduced sentences for violent criminals\">reduced sentence<\/a> after a jury recommended the death penalty on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>As the courtroom filled with anticipation, Zieler motioned to his attorney, Kevin Shirley, as if he wanted to speak privately. However, what happened next shocked everyone present. With his hands still handcuffed, Zieler swiftly threw an elbow, striking his lawyer in the side of his head.<\/p>\n<h3>WATCH:<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Convicted double-murderer Joseph Zieler elbows his attorney in the face ahead of his sentencing Monday. He was quickly tackled to the ground by bailiffs. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vkMmPXZbka\">pic.twitter.com\/vkMmPXZbka<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gage Goulding \u2013 NBC2 (@GageGoulding) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GageGoulding\/status\/1673353293073113090?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 26, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Judge Branning immediately addressed Shirley, concerned about his well-being. However, Shirley, a former boxer, assured the judge that he had endured worse blows in his life.<\/p>\n<p>Shirley later revealed to the local FOX affiliate, &#8220;It seemed like he didn&#8217;t want our conversation to be picked up by the microphones. So he waved me down and I bent over, and he struck me. The Bailiffs were extremely quick to respond and eliminated any future threat.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Expressing his shock, Shirley told another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/seven-day-average-of-covid-19-case-numbers-plummet-hospitalizations-cut-by-half\/\" title=\"Seven-Day Average Of COVID-19 Case Numbers Plummet, Hospitalizations Cut By Half\">local outlet<\/a>, &#8220;I had no idea he was going to do something like that. Obviously, he&#8217;s been planning on that. But, as he was going down, he said he was sorry he missed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Despite the shocking incident, Judge Branning remained resolute. He refused to overturn Zieler&#8217;s conviction or grant him a new trial. Instead, he proceeded with the jury&#8217;s recommended death sentence.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The court concludes that under the laws of the State of Florida, the defendant has forfeited his right to live,&#8221; Branning declared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Convicted murderer Joseph Zieler, 61, expressed his anger in a Florida courtroom as he received his impending death sentence. In response, he forcefully elbowed his attorney. Zieler, from North Fort Myers, is being held accountable for the 1990 rapes and murders of 11-year-old Robin Cornell and her babysitter Lisa Story in Cape Coral.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":1957731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1957730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1957730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1957730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1957730\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1957731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1957730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1957730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1957730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}