ORLANDO, Fla. — A Spencer hearing will be held Monday for Bessman Okafor, the man who was convicted in the 2012 murder of Alex Zaldivar.
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A Spencer hearing allows attorneys for the defense to provide additional evidence to a judge before a sentence is entered.
Watch: Jury recommends that Bessman Okafor be sentenced to death for killing Alex Zaldivar
The hearing is set to start at 9 a.m. at the Orange County Courthouse.
The judge will decide whether or not to take the jury’s recommendation of the death penalty.
Okafer will be sentenced on June 24.
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