Hard to believe but trial courts are populated with people just doing their job. They aren’t actors in a TV drama – they have actual jobs to do. Most are terrific. Some, not so much. Three people a lawyer should be friendly with are the clerk of the court, the court reporter, and the bailiff….
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz’s two-day sentencing hearing begins Tuesday with the families of the 17 people he murdered getting their chance after almost five years to address him directly about the devastation he brought to their lives. After they and the 17 people Cruz wounded get their chance to…
This past Valentine’s Day was the fourth anniversary of the school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida that killed 17 students. We’d lost track of the shooter, Nikolas Cruz, but on Thursday, three jurors said they could not recommend the death penalty for Cruz, and so the recommendation ended up being…
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Attorneys for Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz asked for the judge in his murder case to remove herself on Friday, two days after she scolded them when they abruptly rested their case after calling only a fraction of their expected witnesses. The Broward Public Defender’s Office said in a motion…
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Attorneys for Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz suddenly and surprisingly rested their case Wednesday, leading to a shouting match after the judge accused them of a lack of professionalism. Cruz’s attorneys had told the judge and prosecutors they would be calling 80 witnesses but rested at the beginning of Wednesday’s…
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A grieving father erupted in anger Tuesday as he told jurors about the daughter Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz murdered along with 16 others four years ago, his voice rising as he recounted her “infectious laugh that I can only get to watch now on TikTok videos.” Dr. Ilan Alhadeff’s…