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Florida Supreme Court reprimands Parkland judge for conduct during trial
The Florida Supreme Court publicly reprimanded the judge who oversaw the penalty trial of Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz on Monday for showing bias toward the prosecution.
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Commission recommends judge who sentenced Parkland shooter be publicly reprimanded
A Florida commission says the judge who oversaw the penalty trial of Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz should be publicly reprimanded for showing bias toward the prosecution. The Judicial Qualifications Commission said Monday that Circuity Judge Elizabeth Scherer sometimes allowed her emotions to overcome her judgement and violated several rules governing judicial conduct in her actions toward Nikolas Cruz’s attorneys....
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Judge Scherer recommended for public reprimand
The Florida judge who oversaw the penalty trial of Parkland school shooter should be publicly reprimanded for showing bias toward the prosecution, failing to curtail “vitriolic statements” directed at Cruz’s attorneys by the victims’ families and sometimes allowing “her emotions to overcome her judgement,” a state commission concluded Monday.
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Judge Elizabeth Scherer, From Parkland School Shooting Case, Resigns
The Broward County judge who presided over the Parkland school shooter’s trial is stepping down.
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Florida Supreme Court Removes Judge Who Sentenced Parkland Shooter From Other Case
The judge who oversaw the sentencing of the Parkland massacre gunman won’t be able to oversee proceedings in another murder case involving the death penalty. The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that Judge Elizabeth Scherer showed inappropriate sympathy for victims’ families and prosecutors. She hugged them after being left no choice but to sentence shooter Nikolas Cruz to life....