Parkland Judge and Defense Have HEATED Exchange as Families Unleash Anger Over Shooter's Sentencing
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.ย. 2024
- Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer clashed with the defense team amid final statements from families of Parkland victims ahead of the shooter’s sentencing.
I love how he asked "Judge please don't summeraly dismiss me" and she so quickly and firmly said "I'm summeraly dismissing you" 😂
Holy fish
What's that mean? To Summeraly dismiss someone that is? Lol
@@joeyj5924 It means she's shutting him down without hearing his arguments. Essentially saying: "You're done. Sit down & shut up".
@@dciccantelli Thank you 👍
That’s my favorite part too 😅
I cant even believe people are disagreeing with her here. Theyve giggled, and flipped the bird in court disrespecting the parents and children who’s lives were taken. They really said “no one in this courtroom has had to endure what we endured” They Should be scolded.
What kind of people are cool with just letting this behavior go???
They probably think parkland is another sandy hook
@@unvoicedapollo3318 what does "another" sandy hook mean?
@@davidjackson787 As in a false flag (think Alex Jones)
Unfortunately for the conspirators they are saying that the parkland shooting was a set up for the government to get rid of the 2nd amendment.
That no one was actually murdered by this boy, that it was all fake and a show!
Which is very very far from the truth. Parkland happened.
America duh
The audacity the defense has to complain about what THEY had to “endure”. Who are they representing? Their client or themselves??
Out of DonCon playbook. Turn things around and gaslight the hell out it. UGH>
They are public defenders you absolute moron. They work for the government. So. Stupid.
Foolish defense lawyers playing stupid stunts. The Judge should have held those arrogant bastards in contempt of court, for bringing her children up in a matter concerning killing of children.
Other peoples trauma does not invalidate other peoples hardships.
Life is not a “who’s the biggest victim” contest.
@@rowlandbuck2703 alright yeah that makes sense but we are talking about people who just lost their children to a school shooter compared to im not even gonna say it you can see it
The defense thinks people feel bad for them?! What a joke!! We don’t care!!!
2 shits is given about him. He was born a nobody and will rot in prison as such
I certainly do. And if you were educated and you actually understand the legal system You would as well. You are just following the masses, loving to hate on peeps that are doing nothing but their jobs, that they didn’t want. Who would. They are acting as they are because she’s making big mistakes and being extremely bias. If he gets a retrial In the future ..it’s because of HER!!!
shame on this power and fame hungry Judge !!! Sooooo unprofessional and a liar 🤷🏼♀️. He never threatened her children.
Funny how she didn’t like the fact he question how she would feel ..But it’s ok when their children are actually being threatened by people all over the internet because she can’t control her bias and they are calling her out for it. Because they know the law !!!
@@AMYV3 The defense team won the case. Why would Cruz appeal when he won? It's incredible how utterly clueless people like you are. Just.... wow.....
@@AMYV3 no one cares what you feel and no one asked for your opinion under my comment. Bye Karen. I’m very educated but I don’t need an education to know that sticking your middle finger up and laughing with a murderer isnt doing your job. You’re just an agent of chaos. You’re a lantern fly, just here to pester the world w out any real contribution to the cause. Don’t ever write me directly with such disrespect about something so heinous! It just shows how immature and attention seeking you are. I wanna see you keep this same energy if God forbid this ever happened to you!! And I repeat - BYE KAREN.
@@AMYV3 Why would he want a retrial? He didn’t get the death penalty. Frankly, I think you don’t understand our legal system.
His kids...get the f out of here. How about the kids who were murdered. The audacity.
Their client's actions do not make it okay to trash or threaten his lawyer's children. It's inappropriate.
@@dustjunky2000 You clearly didn't see the videos cause they never "threatened their kids"
I can’t believe they CONTINUE to act like 9 year old children arguing their playtime! It’s unreal!!
@@dustjunky2000 you’re an idiot
so what did he do to the kids who were murdered ?
They are so disrespectful to this judge.
and she summarily dismissed them...
I think she is wrong on this. The judge needs to be impartial and she's really shown her biased colours. And the way she interacts with the prosecutors is completely inappropriate
@@apurplekiwi2239 They literally threw up the middle finger at her, talking about THEIR family while the victims family cannot even make noise or object. The defense team was very disruptive the ENTIRE time!
Way to make things up.
- it was outside of the jurors presence
- it was outside the judge her presence
- the court was not even in session
it was directed to the camera/media
@@apurplekiwi2239 Nooo, she had to put up with a lot of innapropiate and disrespectful comments and attitudes from the "defense" team who happen to be very unprofessional!
How many ways does the judge have to tell them to sit down and shut up to the defense. Your client no longer has any rights. Good for you judge! I would have been less courteous and ejected the disrespectful defense attorneys from the proceedings and court entirely.
Those defense attorneys were boneheads
Wrong, the Defendant still has rights. They were in the middle of punishment. Her emotional and slightly irrational outburst will certainly be addressed on appeal.
@@caseyboyd1367 thanks Dwight
There would have been Bailiffs escorting Defense Attorneys out of my courtroom.
@@caseyboyd1367 LOL
I’ve never seen a judge disrespected like this. When a judge tells you to do something you do it. This dude really got to argue that?
Judge is above the law
Or you could continue to zealously represent your client and try to finish what you are saying.
People don’t respect women as a much. So sad.
@@tsmatthx2 LOL
@@RebekkaLien maybe if she didn't sound like a teenager arguing with ther bffs
This judge held her ground to make sure that the defense team could not claim mistrail.
The defense team are a bunch of over paid babies. And were so disrespectful to the families of the victims and the judge
And i love how she said, "what children? I didn't even know you had children. So what are you talking."
You mean *mistrial
She couldn’t handle someone talking back. Typical women
@@Swanny_dog_millionaire haha I see your joke but in the Court there’s a level of decorum and that was way out of line. This would not happen if the Judge was male.
And she got in trouble for this and had to resign.
She was out of line quite a few times during the trial which is why she’s no longer a judge
“No one else in this courtroom had to endure what we the defense team had to. “ Really? there are 34 families that would vehemently disagree with that, all sitting right there in that courtroom.
Right! The god damn nerve of those people!
Are they saying they are upset because one of the victims family members insulted their children?
Imagine what the families went through, being told not to bring pictures or pendants of love ones and to control their emotions with a straight face in order to avoid a mistrial and yet the defense pulls these stunts and getting away with it too, truly the defense in this case are vile people.
Really defense attorneys,were your children gunned down viciously like the victims families children were...no they weren't
@@Robcat427 yes and so.he should be ..they went too far and this judge has been biased all the way through this trial he was sick and bullied and had a bad childhood and he sat through 3 more hours of being called names and bullied being called nothing ISNT LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE ENOUGH PUNISHMENT. ..GEEZ WOMEN
Defendant Guy: May I have a brief recess?
Judge: no.
😂I loved it too!
If anyone else had talked back to the judge like that they would have been arrested and thrown in jail! The nerve of those attorneys!
Yes
I couldn't believe they kept pushing back.....there's one boss in the courtroom, and it isn't the attorneys.
Do you see some of the comments here saying she should be disbarred? The ppl here saying that stuff are clowns just like the defense team.
Judges don't even have licenses to practice law while they are on the bench, so you can't disbar a judge.
They where close to being thrown out of the court
This judge is done with the games. I have a feeling sanctions are coming for the defense team.
Hope so …..
The defense really wanted to MUTE the voices of the victim's families,so that their statements wouldn't impact the jury's decision.
** The defense attorneys are very unprofessional & cruel towards the parents & families who lost their loved ones & have been waiting years for justice. It had to be heartbreaking to hear the details of that horrible day & to hear the results of the autopsies & then have to deal with these defense attorneys treating them like they're being violent because they're expressing their feelings towards the monster that shot their child/children..
Somebody needs to be fired.
I loved how the judge handled her courtroom.
They have a job to do, without passion or prejudice. You should want them giving 110% so that they cannot be blamed by the Defendant for not fighting hard enough for him.
I am appalled and disgusted by the Defense Attorneys lack of Humanity, Professionalism and Selfish lack of regard for the families. The Judge was a true advocate and those defense attorneys should have received contempt charges. Fire Them!
Sadly, the attitude of these defense attorneys is the same attitude millions of people in this country have every day. Very sad state of affairs we are in.
And guess what. They are still working and the judge had to resign. Great take 😂
The judge was the one who was unhinged at times which is why she’s no longer a judge lol
OMG!!!!!!!!!! Did that POS lawyer for the defense just stand there and say.........."No one in this courtroom has had to endure what we have endured"??????? I can't even think straight at this point.
Boy this defense team are incredibly insensitive.
I'm sure the defense team and this defendant will write a book and go on a media tour
Just like Chris watts, I will never read or watch anything more about him
What that’s there job to do 🤦🏽♂️
They're also a bunch of Karens. "I have thick skin!!" The hell you do!! 💀
The attorneys handling this case for Cruz should be disciplined for their behavior and total disrespect for the court.
Amen , piece of shits
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The defense team when I heard they laughed in this proceedings should all be dis barred.
And surreptitiously flipping the finger at the judge, while sitting beside Nicholas, and then giggling with him about it. Immature and setting a bad example of disrespect for the law before their client.
There’s no respect for this judge. 😢
She is very respected. She is a 1,000 times better and well respected in my book, than district judge Aileen Cannon who is easily intimidated.
I am so proud of the judge for standing up against a pushy, whiny defense team of lard heads. Seriously pushy and without class or proper behavior in court. Contempt of court would just be the start.
About time she put the Defense Tean in their place.
After hearing the victims impact statements I understand. If the judge had made rulings against the defense team the defense team would have wiggled their way into a mistrial.
4:37 "no one in this courtroom has had to endure what we have endured". Shows that he doesn't give 2 shits about the families in the back who had loved ones murdered by his client.
The system is going to hell.
It has been and this is proof right here.
Amen to that no one in the judicial system has the back bone to give the criminals the same treatment the criminals gave to the people who they killed an eye for an eye no exceptions. Period our prison's are now over full let's show criminals that crime doesn't pay go back to firing squad s problems solved dig a big hole and put them in it
Why did she not have these lawyers removed from the court permanently? They’ve violated about every single court decorum and yet, they’re still there, getting away with it all. This is going to set a precedent for lawyers being able to do whatever they want without consequences.
She didn’t because then there would be grounds for a mistrial. I’m sure there were a hundred and one times she wanted to hold them in contempt but she knew it could potentially harm the case. Which in all honesty, given that he didn’t get the death penalty I wouldn’t mind if he had to be re-tried 🤷♂️
Dude got put in timeout like a little biotch 😂
I don't care what the Florida Supreme Court says or the judge haters in the comment section are saying. Judge Scherer handled this case well and as professionally as she could. The lawyers were the unprofessional ones here. Disrespecting a judge and her children is disgraceful and uncalled for.
I can't believe how much she was disrespected, and she still got thrown under the bus by the higher-ups!
Yes - sadly, too many dumb people on TH-cam who watch a 2 minute clip of a trial that took weeks feel qualified to judge this judge's behavior based on those two minutes. Really speaks to the level of stupidity of this country. Had they WATCHED the entire trial - like I did - they'd know this judge dealt with the defense teams unwanted and unethical outbursts for WEEKS - refusing to listen to her, interrupting, blurting out stuff, talking down to her - an objection would be over-ruled and they'd refuse to drop it. How many times should she need to tell them to sit downs and shut up? Clearly 10 or 15 wasn't enough.
This judge did nothing wrong - the defense team abused her, and she was simply trying to NOT turn the courtroom into a circus. Guarantee this is political - or the SC feels she's conservative or to tough on murderers and criminals, so they want her gone.
One strong judge!!! We need more Judges like her!!!
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Well good thing that the bench can see that this was unprofessional. She has now resigned and been given a formal reprimand for acting like a child on the bench.
You really are not educated are you?
She stated that he threatened her children? When did the attorney do that? We need less people like her and less people like you.
Every single juror should have been made to watch and listen to the victim’s families
The defense attorneys should be fined.
This judge has been patient with this defense team which should all be held in contempt for her actions during this whole trial. Their actions are disgraceful.
Should have been to both of those defense idiots "I find you both in contempt of court now gtfo of my courtroom" then as soon as they open their mouth again x2 and keep adding days they serve in jail. Some judges command tremendous respect and while I like this judge she let these lawyers alot of freedom to put on a show. Defence team is despicable
Those “defenders” need to have their licenses completely revoked. This isn’t “defending” the client they’re coddling him and mocking the victims. This is unprofessional and things that should get you barred. They’re more like friends or with a relationship to him than real lawyers public defender or not we all go through school WE ALL know how court runs EVEN non lawyers, judges, prosecutors, defenders,etc know this is not correct!
He should have shut up a long time ago
He actually talked down to a judge? Really??!
If a judge tells you do something, do it the first time. You don't need to be told to sit down five times!!
I love this judge so much! We need more judges like her BIG TIME! She is so professional and handled this situation so well. God bless her and to all the victims who were killed during Parkland February 2018.
So her lying saying that the attorney threatened her children was professional? Her hugging the prosecution and the victims families was professional? You are not educated at all. 😂😂
People you dislike or even hate are still entitled to a fair trial. Get out your feelings. Thank God we have a Constitution and not a Book of Feels. This Judge is being emotional.
Exactly right. Looking at almost all the comments on this page I despair for this country.
If you don’t agree with what the judge is saying, then you take it to the next level going the legal route. You just don’t blatantly sit up in court and disrespect the judge! There’s a process to follow if you disagree with the judge and it’s a process that you must respect! That goes for both sides!
What a queen. Need more judges like her
She should have held them in contempt
I hope that law firm goes out of business after this trial. I hope no one ever uses their services again. People should start writing reviews about them
I hope everyone sees them and do something to fire them! Nasty people!
I think they're public defenders. They're showboating
The firm is the state of Florida unfortunately
Then the state of Florida needs to have them fired.
Ms McNeil should be disbarred- and allowed to practice again as an attorney only after she has gotten in control of herself. I could not believe it when I saw her do this!
That guy needs to loose his job. Disgusting job by the public offender office
This is every argument I've ever had with my 13 year old students. How many time should you be asked to sit down to actually do what the higher authority in the rooms tells you? And asking for a recess at the end ... I could put my worst behaved student up there and it would sound the same.
Other judges would find them in criminal contempt, the court is no place for that
Some of these lawyers must’ve gone to the school of sovereign citizens.
School of Darrell Brooks!
Good for her!! The one defense attorney is lucky she didn’t send him off too. The Judge has had enough from the defense , she put them in their place.👩⚖️
I'm very amazed she didn't remove them from court
Some people have such disrespect for judges! I don’t get it! That and they keep saying judge with disrespect and other names for her and not using the honorific your honor. This judge is more patient than I would ever be! This is messed up!
It is actually very sad that non of the defense have any respect for this judge and I believe are running all over her because she’s a younger female. That behavior would absolutely not fly in a court room with an older male. I work in law and they are making a circus out of her court room and pushing the limits here. She should have them all barred
I agree. Those lawyers were trying to take advantage of her without her realizing it. 😔 Absolutely disgusting and a disgrace to the courtroom rule of law.
The shooter's defense attorneys should have been held in contempt and fined heavily for disrespecting the families and the judge.
Love watching Mom scold the kids
She's talking to him like he's giving him a time out! LOL!
Love this judge. How she kept patience with the defense team I don't know.
This made me cry. How can they be so rude to a JUDGE!?!?
You aren't very smart are you?
Judge Elizabeth is awesome, she is done a great job and the lawyers are disrespectful and a joke. Unbelievable , acting like children
She put him on time out 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I love her
this judge acting like a teenage girl
You’re a goofball
“Can I have a brief recess?”
“No!”
“Thank you”
☠️
The defense has been acting worse than entitled spoiled toddlers. How dare they complain about anything, these families finally are able to speak out about their true feelings and thoughts, they have been holding back so there wouldn't be room for a mistrial... They were flipping the finger, laughing being immensely disrespectful to these poor families and now can't handle hearing about it? They are a disgrace! Good for this judge not giving into their stupid demands, she is saying NO! go sit down! And he still asking if she's not allowing them to have a side bar 🤣🤣🤣 what a joke!
She is totally unsuited emotionally to being a judge and I suspect the authorities will,ask her to step down shortly.
Bruh judge is the true definition of beauty💀
She is clearly incompetent.
Whatever happened to holding someone in contempt???? Throw them in jail!!!!!
HAHA that Judge has more balls then the entire defense table. Im in love with her
This is about authority, not courage. It doesn't take courage to do something if you have authority. And when you have authority, what shows virtue is restraint; not "wildly swinging about your authority". I'm not saying that she did this, I don't know the context of this trial; I'm speaking in general terms (although judging only from this excerpt, she seemed partial, whiny and unprofessional).
@@lako8368 you seriously don’t know the context of this trial yet you’re speaking on it? Look up Parkland school shooting. 🤦🏻♀️
She is being remove from cases, and her license to be judge its going through scrutiny and re consideration. She is biased, disrispectful, superlatively unprofesional, vengeful, self centered, and power hungry.
The way she conducts her case is disgraceful. She should be ashamed of herself. Unilateral hot head.
The judge resigned.. and lets face it, her shouty emotional approach was not professional EITHER.
The panel wrote that the actions of Scherer "showed a sympathy with the State" that would cause a reasonable person to fear not receiving a "fair and impartial proceeding." She’s been removed from the case for hugging the prosecution team. Unbelievably naive for a judge to let her emotions influence a case
This judge is always over the top and causes the bigest spectical in her court room, unstable ... ... she needs to be dismissed
He needed to be more professional despite her personal vendetta and feelings on the matter- she did not act appropriate and needed to be more cordial- This judge is talking to adults like children and this is not right
What part of go sit down did they not understand? The public defender turned his back to the judge when she was speaking to him. She’s more patient than I. He has legal representation at that table without those two, they would have been excused from the courtroom entirely if it were me. Atrocious.
Wow. They were lucky she didn't hold them in contempt.
"No one in this courtroom had to endure what we had to endure"
He didn't threaten her children.
Scherer was officially reprimanded by the Florida Bar for blatantly siding with prosecutors in this case and another, even hugging those attorneys and their witnesses in the courtroom after the case wrapped up.
She then resigned her judgeship.
klown, who cares if she hugged the prosecutors AFTER the trial?? Only a loser sno flake would think that's a big deal. She probably knew them - the trial was over, so that doesn't matter. I watched the entire trial - the defense attorneys should be disbarred - they turned the court room into a 3 ring circus...after weeks of their CONSTANT interruptions, shouting out garbage, refusing to sit down - the judge UNDERSTANDABLY lost her patience with them. She told the fat guy to sit down 10 times - and he continued blathering on and on. The goal of the defense was to cause MAJOR problems in the courtroom, and they did.
You can tell this judge has anger issues . Wouldn't surprise me if it came out years from now she was taking drugs etc..on the job
There comes a point in every person's life where they need to stand up to a serious situation that commands a decorum of their character to be "in line".
Clearly the defense attorneys and their boss are a derailed mangled mess and deserve the critique and levy of anger from everybody involved in this case.
I think the judge was somewhat belligerent, no one threatened her children.
She talked about Karma and how it will affect your children sir, and yes you may not like it but I strongly suggest you prepare for it.
She sounds like me when I'm talking to my 3 y.o 🤣🤣🤣🤣
The defense is a joke! How could they even try to defend this dude and then act like they were being attacked.
should have been contempt after the 2nd "go sit down" was ignored.
I don’t think a judge or defense counsel should be behaving like this. The judge IMO should’ve scolded them in chambers or in writing. You have to at least show a sense of impartiality and show that you can compose yourself when needed. Her anger should’ve been spent mostly on NC.
The victims families were the main point and she should’ve led by example and not engaged in bickering with the defense team (which they were wrong too).
This judge was amazing. She did such a great job.
Nice job to the judge.... ...and this is why lawyers are so hated... specially defend lawyers like these ones
LMAO! She's a joke! That judge clearly has no sense of of good judgment. Didn't you know that she married a drug dealer? That judge has no room to talk about making poor or inappropriate decisions. Judge Elizabeth Scherer-Mercer was a Broward prosecutor at the time her husband Anthony Mercer was caught with over an ounce of cocaine, a pound of marijuana and 21 prescription pills back in May of 2009. Mercer admitted he’d packaged the drugs for distribution and was charged with felony cocaine trafficking, 7 felony counts of possession of unlawful controlled substances and 1 misdemeanor charge for possession of drug paraphernalia. The only reason she got that job as a judge was because her daddy donated big bucks to Gov. Rick Scott and that's why he made her a judge.
That big dude would have got snuck outside the court
Mr Weeks and his people do not care about what the FAMILIES have to deal with for the rest of their lives... Some come home to silence... Empty rooms... No calls from the lost... Them not being their for Holidays and birthdays... That hurts like hell... Murder or natural death.. Having days like that is the worst... Some of the girls who died will never have prom, Wedding, kids... Hope the parents sue the defense team for emotional cruelty...
Screw your head on and try to think clearly and listen to what was actually said. Defender Weekes was simply objecting to the children of defense attorneys being referenced. He wants to tone that down. And Weekes noted that the prosecution attorneys did not have to endure *their children* being referenced. That's all he said. Defender Weekes said absolutely nothing about the children that were killed.
Furthermore, how do you not see the irony of the Judge completely flipping out and throwing the attorney out of the court for simply mentioning *her* children for two seconds. *That was the very thing the attorney was objecting to* ! .
This Judge is such a hypocritical clown. 🤡
Yeah judge doesnt like being treated the same way the public defender was. What an entitled POS.
Where were her children threatened? This is a clown show
😂 That judge was being very patient and professional. She could’ve went harder on them. The guy killed a bunch of people and they’re making it about something else and she’s trying to get to the real deal. She did a good job.
She’s brutal. Love her 😂 Not a WORD out of place.
They really gave Cruz the lawyers he deserves. lmao
My only issue is that she could handled them better but the judge has a right to be pissed. It's outrageous how they treat the victims' families
These clowns are not facing serious consequences for their tomfoolery, and they are the ones screaming. Glad the judge dealt with them like the children they were pretending to be, how shameful, I hope the bar has some action to set a standard
The judge was still courteous towards the defence. I applaud the judge's patience.
All these defense attorneys need to be disbarred from practicing law.
I would think most judges would’ve been not as tolerable as she has been in this case.
Unbelievable, something is seriously wrong with these people . They should have been help in contempt. I don’t know where they were educated but had to have cheated on bar exam.
She can't control her emotions. Women shouldn't be a judge
Lol she didn’t do anything wrong
😂😂😂 she son’d them She was the teacher discipling them like the bad kids in class
They deserve all the venom! Sit down!!!
The defense is so immature they are being sentenced to timeout 😂🤣
This judge looks like she's 25.
This public defender is a joke. “No one has had to endure what we’ve endured.” What about the parents of the victims??? What a gaslighter.