The Latest Breaking News from Elizabeth Scherer

Defense asks judge to withdraw from Parkland case. She denies the motion

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The Parkland mass shooting trial became the scene of a tense standoff Monday pitting the defense, missing a critical team member due to COVID, against a Broward County judge who has grown openly tired of delays that have pushed jury selection into its third month.

Tribune News Service · Jun 7, 2022

Defense asks judge to withdraw from Parkland case. Judge denies the motion

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Defense lawyers asked Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer to step down from the Parkland mass shooting case Monday, hours after threatening to withdraw as counsel over an order to continue picking jurors while a key member of the defense team is home fighting COVID.

Tribune News Service · Jun 6, 2022

Defense attorneys in Florida school shooting try to withdraw

The public defenders representing Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz tried to withdraw from his death penalty trial after the judge ordered them to move forward with jury selection even though one member of their five-member team has COVID-19

The Independent UK · Jun 6, 2022

Florida judge was assigned to school shooter case at random

The judge presiding over Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz's death penalty trial was assigned the case despite never having overseen a major trial

The Independent UK · May 13, 2022

Parkland mass shooting trial jury selection postponed again

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.

Tribune News Service · May 10, 2022

Lawyer's apparent illness delays Florida school shooter case

Jury selection in the trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz has been delayed by at least a week because his lead attorney is apparently ill

The Independent UK · May 2, 2022

Jury selection postponed in Parkland mass shooting case

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Jury selection in the Parkland mass shooting case was postponed Monday until next week, after the lead defense attorney and two other lawyers could not make it to court.

Tribune News Service · May 2, 2022

Florida school shooting judge reverses; confusion follows

The judge overseeing the penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz has reversed herself on a major decision, leaving lawyers on both sides confused

The Independent UK · Apr 27, 2022

In reversal, judge salvages 2 weeks of jury selection in Parkland mass shooting trial

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The judge in the Parkland mass shooting case reversed course Wednesday, preserving the first two weeks of jury selection after tossing them earlier this week.

Tribune News Service · Apr 27, 2022

Prosecutors and defense clash over motion to block the death penalty in Parkland mass shooting case

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A judge’s willingness to strike more than 200 jurors from consideration in the Parkland mass shooting trial was an error so significant, according to lawyers for the defendant, that the state should no longer be permitted to seek the death penalty.

Tribune News Service · Apr 27, 2022