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.
from the Judicial Qualifications Commission. That panel had found that Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer violated several rules governing judicial conduct during last year's trial in her actions toward Cruz's public defenders. The six-month trial ended with Cruz receiving a life sentence for the 2018 murder of 14 students and three staff members at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School after the jury could not unanimously agree that he deserved a death sentence.
The 15-member commission found that Scherer"unduly chastised" lead public defender Melisa McNeill and her team, wrongly accused one Cruz attorney of threatening her child, and improperly embraced members of the prosecution in the courtroom after the trial's conclusion. The commission, composed of judges, lawyers and citizens, acknowledged that"the worldwide publicity surrounding the case created stress and tension for all participants."
Regardless, the commission said, judges are expected to"ensure due process, order and decorum, and act always with dignity and respect to promote the integrity and impartiality of the judiciary.". The 46-year-old former prosecutor was appointed to the bench in 2012, and the Cruz case was her first capital murder trial. Broward County's computerized system randomly assigned her Cruz's case shortly after the shooting., who said she treated them with professionalism and kindness.
But her clashes with Cruz's attorneys and others sometimes drew criticism from legal observers, and in September, she denied a motion from defense attorneys to have her replaced with a new judge after an exchange with defense counsel, after they unexpectedly rested their case.
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