COURTROOM DRAMA: Defense team for Parkland school shooter makes unusual request
The judge wanted the court to proceed with asking potential jurors their views on the death penalty, which could potentially disqualify them from jurying the case, but the defense team did not wish to proceed in the process without Secor in the courtroom.
Instead of proceeding, the defense team then asked Scherer if the court could spend Monday asking jurors about general hardships."I’m not comfortable going forward without him, Judge," McNeill interjected, WPLG reported. The defense attorney also claimed not providing her client with the best possible services could impact her own career.
McNeill then entered the courtroom with a"motion for disqualification" against Judge Scherer, asking her to withdraw herself from the case, court documents show.Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz listens to Assistant Public Defender Melisa McNeill at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale on Monday, June 6, 2022.
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