Attorneys for Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz have asked for the judge in his murder case to remove herself two days after she scolded them when they abruptly rested their case.
The Broward Public Defender’s Office said in a motion that Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer held a longstanding animosity toward lead defense lawyer Melisa McNeill.
There were 11 days of defense testimony overall, the last two spotlighting experts about how his birth mother'smight have affected his brain's development and led to his murdering 17 people at Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School four years ago. The 12-member jury and 10 alternates were not present but were lining up outside the courtroom to enter. The sudden announcement also meant prosecutors weren't ready to start their rebuttal case.