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Defense Attorneys in Florida School Shooting Try to Withdraw

June 7, 2022
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—The public defenders representing Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz tried to withdraw from his death penalty trial Monday after the judge ordered them to move forward with jury selection even though one member of their five-member team is sick with COVID-19. Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer rejected the withdrawal motion by Cruz’s lead attorney,…

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Judge Won’t Close Hearings in Florida School Shooting Case

August 18, 2021
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. —A Florida judge refused Tuesday to close pretrial hearings to the media and public in the case of the man accused of killing 17 people in a 2018 high school mass shooting. Broward County Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer rejected a motion by defendant Nikolas Cruz’s lawyers claiming that intense media coverage jeopardizes…

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