Defense files motion to disqualify judge from Parkland trial
Attorneys for Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz filed a motion Friday demanding the removal of Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer from the case.
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Attorneys for Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz filed a motion Friday demanding the removal of Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer from the case.
Trish Christakis reports Nikolas Cruz's defense attorneys suddenly and surprisingly rested their case Wednesday, leading to a heated exchange after the judge accused them of a lack of professionalism.
Joan Murray reports Judge Elizabeth Scherer accused lead defense attorney Melisa McNeill of being “unprofessional.”
One of the nation's leading fetal alcohol researchers testified Tuesday that Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz's birth mother drank more during her pregnancy than any woman he's ever seen documented.
Defense attorneys trying to convince jurors that he was "damaged" by mother's drug and alcohol use
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Defense attorneys wrapped up two weeks of testimony Friday in the sentencing trial of the Parkland shooter, making a case for mercy.
In a failed attempt to bar the admission into evidence several swastikas Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz drew on assignments, his attorneys made an unusual argument Thursday at his penalty trial: he was an equal opportunity killer who shot his victims without regard to race or religion.
Paul Gold said he tried to warn the shooter's adoptive mother that the shooter had problems.
School shooter Nikolas Cruz struggled academically and behaviorally, a former counselor testified Tuesday.
On Monday, a retired Broward teacher shed more light on the shooter's early childhood.
Four years before Nikolas Cruz murdered 17 people, therapists at another school wrote a letter to his psychiatrist saying he was fixated on guns.
A psychologist who treated the Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz when he was 8 years old testified Wednesday.
Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz as a toddler was intellectually and physically behind other children, which caused him to isolate himself and hit and bite to get what he wanted, a daycare administrator and former neighbor testified Tuesday at his penalty trial for mass murder.
Melisa McNeill, Cruz's lead public defender, gave her opening statement Monday morning.
A grand jury empaneled after the 2018 Parkland school massacre has recommended that Gov. Ron DeSantis remove from office four members of the Broward County school board, saying they and district administrators displayed "deceit, malfeasance, misfeasance, neglect of duty and incompetence" in their handling of a campus safety program.
Trish Christakis reports the scans could have potentially shown the jury that Nikolas Cruz could have a brain defect.
The court decided to not show Nikolas Cruz's qEEG's brain scans to the jury.
Wesley Center, a Texas counselor, said the exams happened last year at the Broward County jail.
The jury is set to return next week for the defense's opening statement
Joan Murray reports a few journalists were also allowed in the building and documented what they saw.
Joan Murray reports a select group of journalists was allowed to tour the building where the 2018 shooting took place.
They viewed the hallway and classrooms where the shootings took place.
Amid a day of emotionally draining testimony prosecutors hit a pivotal moment. "Your honor the state rests," said veteran prosecutor Mike
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