The Florida judge who oversaw the penalty trial of the Parkland school shooter should be publicly reprimanded for showing bias toward the prosecution, a state commission concluded.
between her and the defense counsel. The motion alleged that the judge revealed longstanding animosity toward the defense during the exchange that threatened the fairness of the trial.
Scherer's handling of the case drew frequent praise from the parents and spouses of the victims, who said she treated them with professionalism and kindness, but her clashes with Cruz's attorneys and others sometimes drew criticism from legal observers. McNeill countered angrily,"You are insulting me on the record in front of my client," before Scherer told her to stop. She then laid into her.
The two clashed again during Cruz's sentencing hearing in November over the verbal attacks some victims' family members made against the defense team during their courtroom statements. Scherer refused to curtail the statements and ejected one of McNeill's assistants, David Wheeler, after she wrongly interpreted one of his comments as a threat against her daughter.
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