Judge Denies Request From FL School Shooter Attys To Step Aside From Case
Source: Associated Press
PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) A judge has refused to step aside from the case of Florida school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz as requested by his lawyers.
Court records show that Broward County Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer denied the request Monday.
Cruzs lawyers claimed Scherer has made rulings and comments that indicate favoritism for prosecutors. They say in court papers that Cruz cant get a fair trial, but Scherer disagreed.
Cruz, whos 19, is charged with 17 counts of murder in the Valentines Day shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.
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Pachamama
(16,887 posts)No death penalty?
iluvtennis
(19,880 posts)...I have no sympathy for this murderer.
vkkv
(3,384 posts)d_r
(6,907 posts)to base an appeal on when he gets the death penalty to try to string that out.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)cab67
(3,010 posts)...but the attorneys might be right. I don't know if the judge is prejudiced toward the prosecution or not, but media saturation of this case does diminish the likelihood that a large group of impartial jurors can be found.
Jose Garcia
(2,607 posts)jmowreader
(50,566 posts)...there are only two ways this can go, considering he did this in Florida where they really hate mass murder.
The first way it goes is he is declared incompetent to stand trial. This gets him sent to the Florida State Psychiatric Warehouse at Chattahoochee for the rest of his life.
The other way is if he's found competent to stand trial, which will almost certainly end with him on death row.
Aristus
(66,474 posts)I thought if a suspect confesses to a crime, he allocutes in court for the record, and then gets sentenced.
csziggy
(34,139 posts)His lawyers should try for a plea deal for a life sentence which would save everyone time and money.
Aristus
(66,474 posts)Yeah, save everyone a lot of trouble and just lock him up forever.
Cold War Spook
(1,279 posts)whether or not it is from the government.