GUILTY FL - 17 killed in Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, Parkland, 14 Feb 2018 *shooter Guilty, School officer NG* #5

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A judge on Wednesday postponed the penalty trial for Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz until February.

Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer stated in a court order that both parties requested more time to prepare experts for trial, saying they would not be ready to start on the scheduled date, Jan. 4. Scherer postponed the trial to Feb. 21. Judge postpones penalty trial for Parkland school gunman
 
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article257963458.html
Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz’s sentencing trial delayed. Judge aims for April start
FEBRUARY 02, 2022
The trial for Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz has been postponed, with the judge pushing to start “in the first week of April.”
A Broward circuit judge on Wednesday agreed to allow prosecutors and defense lawyers more time to prepare for the sentencing phase of the trial for Cruz, who has already pleaded guilty to murdering 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in Florida’s deadliest school shooting.
Jurors will consider whether Cruz should be executed or sentenced to life in prison. Jury selection had originally been scheduled to begin on Feb. 21.
Judge Elizabeth Scherer also set several days of pretrial hearings in the coming weeks. By mid-March, lawyers said, they would have a better sense of when a firm trial date could be set.
The Broward State Attorney’s Office recently asked Scherer to push back the trial because of the “voluminous” amount of work yet to be completed, primarily centered around mental-health experts who will be called to testify on Cruz’s behalf.
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Justice Department Announces Civil Settlement in Cases Arising from 2018 School Shooting in Parkland, Florida
Press Release Number: 22-249

Department of Justice
Office of Public Affairs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, March 16, 2022
Justice Department Announces Civil Settlement in Cases Arising from 2018 School Shooting in Parkland, Florida
Today, the Department of Justice announced that it has settled the 40 civil cases arising out of the February 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

This settlement resolves all of the cases for $127.5 million. The settlement does not amount to an admission of fault by the United States. The parties have been in litigation since late 2018, when the survivors of the shooting, and the families of 16 people killed, sued the government for damages.

On Feb. 14, 2018, a former student walked into Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School armed with a rifle and ammunition concealed in a rifle bag, and opened fire with his semi-automatic weapon, killing 17 and injuring 17 more. In October 2021, the shooter pleaded guilty to 17 counts of premeditated first-degree murder and 17 counts of attempted first-degree murder. This was the deadliest high school shooting in U.S. history.

This case was handled by the Justice Department’s Civil Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida.
 
Lawyers for Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz face tough task in jury selection
Lawyers for Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz face tough task in jury selection
April 2, 2022
FORT LAUDERDALE — Attorneys for Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz will have one goal when jury selection starts Monday: to identify candidates who might give Cruz the single vote he needs to get a life sentence instead of death for the 2018 murders of 17 students and staff members. The process will involve a lot of educated guesses.

Court officials said 1,500 or more potential jurors could file through Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer’s courtroom over several weeks as she, prosecutors and Cruz’s public defenders select 12 panelists, plus eight alternates, for his penalty trial. Those chosen must say they can put aside their animosity toward Cruz for the 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and judge the case fairly. The potential jurors must also be available through September.
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Cruz jurors can visit bullet-riddled site at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High, judge rules
Cruz jurors can visit bullet-riddled site at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High, judge rules
April 4, 2022
Jurors will be allowed to tour the shuttered, bullet-riddled freshman building at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High where Nikolas Cruz fatally killed 17 people and wounded 17 more.

The decision from Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer means the jury in Cruz’s death-penalty case, which started on Monday, will eventually tour a crime scene where blood stains and bullet holes remain more than four years later.
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WATCH LIVE: Jury selection continues for Parkland school shooter’s penalty phase trial

On Monday, a woman was dismissed when she began crying upon seeing Nikolas Cruz — not a new occurrence; that also happened to three women at an October hearing. Another prospective juror had a personal connection to the judge, having taught her how to roller-skate as a child. Yet another had met Cruz in 2016 on a group outing, while one woman was excused after saying she couldn’t serve on a jury because she needed to meet up with her “sugar daddy” every day.

“I’m seeing double. I’ve seen a lot of people,” Broward County Judge Elizabeth Scherer said at the end of the day. “For Day 1, things went rather smoothly.”

Cruz, now 23, sat between his attorneys, wearing a green sweater and an anti-viral face mask, four sheriff’s deputies sitting nearby. He spoke only briefly at the start of the hearing, waiving his right to participate directly in the screening process. He pleaded guilty in October, meaning the jury will only decide if he gets death or life without parole.

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Nikolas Cruz case Judge Elizabeth Scherer presides over top murder case

The process to select a 12-person jury for the sentencing phase of Cruz's case began April 4 and is expected to last nearly two months. The jury that is chosen can unanimously recommend to impose the death penalty on Cruz, who lived briefly in the Lantana area prior to the shootings, but it is Scherer who is tasked with the final decision if that happens.
 
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