Florida judge in Parkland shooter trial publicly reprimanded
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Florida's highest court issued a public reprimand of Judge Elizabeth Scherer Monday for showing sympathy to the prosecution during Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz's penalty trial.
The commission criticized Scherer for stepping down from the bench and hugging several prosecutors shortly after she had sentenced Cruz, 24, to life in prison. Rebecca Rosenberg is a veteran journalist and book author with a focus on crime and criminal justice. Email tips to rebecca.rosenberg@fox.com and @ReRosenberg.
In her defense, she told the state commission, which is tasked with investigating allegations of judicial misconduct, that she had also offered hugs to Cruz's lawyers.
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