Elizabeth Scherer - Wikipedia
Elizabeth Anne Scherer (born 1976/1977) [2] is an American lawyer who served as a judge in the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida from 2012 until her resignation in 2023.
Judge Who Hugged Parkland Prosecutor Disqualified From Case
The Florida judge who sentenced school shooter Nikolas Cruz to 34 life terms last year after a jury couldn't reach a unanimous decision on the death penalty has been disqualified from another death penalty case. The Florida Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Judge Elizabeth Scherer had shown unfair sympathy to...
Florida Supreme Court reprimands judge in Parkland school …
Jul 25, 2023 · FILE - Florida Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer sentences Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Nov. 2, 2022. Cruz was formally sentenced to life in prison for murdering 17 people at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14, 2018.
Judge who presided over Parkland school shooting trial …
May 10, 2023 · Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer sent a resignation letter on Wednesday to Gov. Ron DeSantis saying she will step down June 30. Scherer gained a national profile presiding over the trial of Nikolas Cruz, who killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018.
Parkland judge reprimanded by the Florida Supreme Court
Jul 27, 2023 · Seventeenth Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer, who presided over the trial of Parkland school shooter, was publicly reprimanded by the Florida Supreme Court July 24 for giving, at times, the appearance of partiality to the prosecution.
Judge Elizabeth Scherer announces resignation - Law & Crime
May 11, 2023 · Judge Elizabeth Scherer, the Florida jurist who presided over the Parkland mass shooter’s penalty phase and clashed with the defense, has announced her resignation and cryptically says she is working on projects that would take her …
Florida Supreme Court reprimands judge who oversaw Parkland ... - CNN
Jul 25, 2023 · The Florida Supreme Court on Monday publicly reprimanded the judge who oversaw the death penalty trial of the Parkland school shooter, Nikolas Cruz, after a Florida commission overseeing the...
Elizabeth Scherer, Parkland shooting judge, criticizes attorneys – …
Oct 17, 2024 · Former Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer told the Florida International University law students Thursday that the public defenders who represented Nikolas Cruz during his 2022 death penalty trial.
Florida Supreme Court reprimands judge for conduct during …
Jul 24, 2023 · 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 …
Florida Supreme Court disqualifies Cruz judge from death penalty …
Apr 13, 2023 · The Supreme Court unanimously agreed that Judge Elizabeth Scherer should be disqualified from the case of death row inmate Randy W. Tundidor. The request came after Scherer on Nov. 2 sentenced...