Breaking: State seeks death penalty against Stephan Sterns

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Bill Cannon Police off the Cuff/Real Crime Stories

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🗓️ 11 June 2024

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Breaking: State to seek capital case against Stephan Sterns. - The State Attorney’s Office intends to seek the death penalty against Stephan Sterns, the man accused of killing his girlfriend’s daughter, 13-year-old Madeline Soto, according to court records. Sterns is charged with first-degree murder in the case. He is facing one charge of first-degree murder and 60 charges related to sexual battery of a child and possession of sexual material. According to court documents, the State cited four aggravating circumstances that led to their decision: The defendant was previously convicted of another capital felony or of a felony involving the use or threat of violence to the person. The capital felony was committed while the defendant was engaged in the commission of, or an attempt to commit aggravated child abuse. The capital felony was especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel. The victim of the capital felony was particularly vulnerable due to advanced age or disability, or because the defendant stood in a position of familial or custodial authority over the victim.

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to police off the cuff real crime stories.
0:13.1	I'm your host, retired NYPD, Sergeant Bill Cannon, a 27-year veteran of the NYPD.
0:19.7	If you guys are wondering why my hat is sitting lower on my head,
0:22.5	I did get a haircut.
0:24.7	I didn't really necessarily want to show it,
0:26.9	but you might have been wondering why the hat was sitting lower on my head.
0:30.7	Anyway, folks, today we're going to focus on the case of Stefan Stearns,
0:37.1	and the fact that it came out that Stefan Stearns
0:40.8	in Osceola County in Florida
0:44.4	is facing the death penalty.
0:47.6	It has been indicated that the state will seek the death penalty.
0:53.4	And other than Rex Hul Sherman, the Gilgo Beach serial killer
0:58.9	who's awaiting trial, I can't think of a more deserving person for the death penalty than
1:06.9	Stefan Stearns. And the unbelievable thing is that this is no surprise to any of us that
1:17.0	the state is going for this. And I'm going to put on, I'm going to put on the state affidavit
1:26.5	as to why, the aggravating factors as to why the state is going for the death penalty.
1:33.9	This is considered a capital murder case.
1:37.6	And some of the questions we have, of course, and we'll get into them over the course of the show. Jennifer Soto, the mom of Madeline Soto.
1:48.1	We are all wondering and asking the question to ourselves,
1:53.2	why has she not been charged?
1:56.0	What is going on there?
1:58.5	And we mentioned early on in this case,
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