Jury Selected for Resentencing in Florida Xbox Murders

A new jury has been seated in the resentencing trial of Troy Victorino and Jerone Hunter, who were convicted of the 2004 'Xbox murders' in Deltona, Florida, where six people were killed over a dispute involving a stolen Xbox. The original death sentences for Victorino and Hunter were overturned after a Florida Supreme Court ruling required unanimous jury recommendations for the death penalty, which their cases lacked. Subsequent legal changes and disputes, including a new law lowering the threshold for death penalty recommendations to an 8-4 jury vote, further delayed the resentencing process and led to a mistrial last year. The newly seated jury of twelve, plus two alternates, will now decide whether Victorino and Hunter should face life in prison without parole or reinstated death sentences. Attorneys on both sides have focused on selecting jurors who can remain impartial despite the emotional and graphic nature of the case. The resentencing trial is set to begin Monday at the Volusia County Courthouse.