FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. —The official start date for testimony in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas mass shooting trial has been pushed back to account for the two-week delay caused by a key lawyer’s apparent illness this month.
Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer released a new trial schedule on Tuesday that wraps up jury selection by June 8 and begins opening statements and testimony on June 27.
That’s a week later than originally planned and gives both sides a chance to wrap up outstanding motions and issues that need to be resolved before jurors start hearing the facts of the case.
