Parkland shooter jury selection restarts after judge makes error

By Ryan King

Published April 25, 2022 9:06pm ET

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Parkland shooter jury selection restarts after judge makes error — Judge Elizabeth Scherer speaks with Assistant State Attorney Carolyn McCann, left, and Assistant Public Defender Tamara Curtis during a sidebar discussion prior to jury pre-selection in the penalty phase of the trial of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale on Monday, April 25, 2022. Cruz previously plead guilty to all 17 counts of premeditated murder and 17 counts of attempted murder in the 2018 shootings.

Jury selection for the trial of alleged Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz will undergo a do-over after the presiding judge admitted to a slip-up.

Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer ordered the restart to clear perceived blemishes on the judicial proceedings after attorneys on both sides argued that she erred by not questioning 11 potential jurors before dismissing them after they indicated they “could not follow the law.”

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