A judge will sentence Bessman Okafor, who was convicted in the murder of Alex Zaldivar.

Monday, a judge will finally decide the fate of convicted murder Bessman Okafor – a decision the families of his victims have wanted for 12 years.

A judge heard testimony and allowed evidence to be submitted ahead of sentencing for Bessman Okafor, the man who was convicted in the 2012 murder of Alex Zaldivar.

A jury recommended the death penalty in the latest resentencing trial of Bessman Okafor on Wednesday in Orlando.

The resentencing trial for Bessman Okafor will begin Monday in Orange County after a jury was seated Friday.

Jury selection began in the resentencing trial of convicted killer Bessman Okafor.

The juror blamed for causing a mistrial in the resentencing of convicted killer Bessman Okafor was sentenced to over 100 days in jail by a judge.

A juror accused of causing a mistrial at the resentencing of a convicted Central Florida killer now faces contempt charges, after facing a judge Thursday.

A mistrial was declared Wednesday in the resentencing of a convicted Central Florida killer who had already once been spared from a death sentence.

Convicted killer Bessman Okafor is once again going before a jury to decide if he should get the death penalty for the 2012 murder of a witness to a home invasion.

Moody’s office contended that the January Supreme Court decision backing away from the 2016 ruling should lead to reinstating the original death sentences instead of holding new sentencing hearings. But the Supreme Court on Wednesday said orders granting resentencing could not be undone. The Florida Supreme Court in October 2016, in the Hurst v. State decision, interpreted and applied the U.S. Supreme Court ruling. The state court required unanimous jury recommendations before death sentences could be imposed and dealt with a critical issue of jurors finding what are known as “aggravating factors” that can justify death sentences. The state Supreme Court subsequently said its decision in Hurst v. State should be applied retroactively to cases going back to 2002.

ORLANDO, Fla. The state Supreme Court is expected to hear oral arguments Tuesday surrounding the case against convicted killer Bessman Okafor. The state of Florida is seeking to have the death penalty reinstated against Okafor, who was sentenced to death row in 2015 for the murder of Alex Zaldivar. Okafors case was sent back for re-sentencing after a change in the law required a unanimous jury decision. However, the state Supreme Court reversed its own ruling and said an unanimous decision was not necessary for someone to be sentenced to death. Prosecutors asked a lower court earlier this year to reinstate Okafors death sentence but was denied.

Orlando police have charged the Ocoee man who they say shot and killed a witness who was slated to testify him in a home invasion trial in September.