FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The case of the Parkland school shooter appeared to be headed toward a mistrial Tuesday after defense lawyers balked at how the judge handled a group of jurors who declared they could not follow the law on the case.
A mistrial at this stage of proceedings would be a bump in the road — two days of jury pre-selection would be scrapped, but lawyers would be able to start from scratch as early as Wednesday morning.
Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer gave defense lawyers until Wednesday morning to decide whether to move for a mistrial after they protested her dismissal of 11 potential jurors who said they couldn’t follow the law in deciding whether to give the killer the death penalty.
