Parkland Parents Lose It After Nikolas Cruz’s Defense Attorney Flips the Bird
In the final hours of the two-day sentencing hearing for Nikolas Cruz, the gunman who killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the family members of some of his victims fiercely confronted not only him, but also his defense team.
Cruz’s attorneys locked horns with Judge Elizabeth Scherer frequently before, during, and after a nearly four-week death penalty trial, crescendoing in an explosive exchange on Tuesday that saw Scherer raise her voice over the defense as they tried to argue they were being “personally attacked” by victims’ families in their statements.
Previous clashes seemed to come to Scherer’s mind as she scolded Cruz’s lawyers, upbraiding them for past instances where they were seen “laughing and joking” with Cruz behind the defense table. She also referenced a moment during a pre-trial hearing where attorney Tamara Curtis rubbed her middle finger on her cheek as a means of flipping off a courtroom camera.