Video shows convicted murderer’s lawyer elbowed in the face hours before being sentenced to death
A Florida man convicted of the 1990 murder of an 11-year-old girl and her nanny elbowed his lawyer in the face hours before he was to be sentenced to death, wild courtroom video shows. During Monday's hearing in a Florida court, Joseph Zieler, 61, asked to speak with his attorney Kevin Shirley, NBC affiliate video. WBBH of the Fort Myers shows. As Shirley leaned in to speak to her client, Zieler raised his elbow and punched the man in the face. Zieler was immediately taken down by deputies, the video shows. Shirley said she was fine, telling the judge, "I…
