Parkland shooter's Judge Elizabeth Scherer faces reprimand
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Judge Elizabeth Scherer hugs prosecutors, faces reprimand.

Judge Elizabeth Scherer (L) hugging prosecutors after Nikolas Cruz’s sentencing, (R) giving an incredulous look to the defense before ripping them as “insulting” and “unprofessional.”

A public reprimand for the Broward County, Fla., judge who presided over the penalty phase and sentencing at the Parkland shooter trial is in the “interests of justice,” a disciplinary panel concluded after reviewing videos and transcripts of the jurist’s courtroom outbursts and a roundly condemned hug of prosecutors.

Judge Elizabeth Scherer, as Law&Crime Network watchers will recall, was criticized far and wide for hugging prosecutors after Nikolas Cruz was sentenced to life without parole for murdering 15 students, a teacher, and a coach, and wounding many more at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14, 2018, Valentine’s Day. Both the hug of the prosecution and “at times, intemperate” conduct towards the defense while on the bench, such as “wrongly” accusing a defense lawyer of threatening her family, warrants a public scolding, the Investigate Panel of the Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission recommended in a report containing findings of fact.

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