FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Jury selection in the penalty phase of the Parkland mass shooting case was postponed for another week Monday after the lead defense attorney was unable to come to court.
Attorneys and Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer were able to conduct one item on their agenda Monday — the screening of the 11th juror who had previously been dismissed after saying he could not follow the law on the case. Lawyers on both sides wanted the opportunity to question him further.
It turns out they won’t get the opportunity. The juror told Scherer that serving on the case from mid-June through September would be a financial hardship.
