It was her first murder case and it was her last murder case. Her only murder case that she presided over.
Judge Elizabeth Scherer, who after being denied the chance to show the world how tough she was and sentence Nicholas Cruz to death, and then infamously hugged the prosecutors after the jury's life recommendation, has RESIGNED.
She was recently ordered by the Florida Supreme Court to recuse herself from a different case being handled by the same prosecutor she hugged. We covered that debacle here in our alliterative "Scherer Schmered" post THE BLOG: SCHERER SCHMEARED (justicebuilding.blogspot.com)
We are engaging in rank speculation here, but what the hey.
The Cruz case fell in Scherer's division. Suddenly a new judge, who had never done a murder case was being assigned the biggest case in Broweird. She was going to preside over the largest death penalty prosecution in the nation, and she had the opportunity to lecture the defendant ,nee the world, about why the death penalty was appropriate. Visions of the 4th DCA, the Florida Supreme Court and perhaps the 11th circuit with an appointment from President DeSantis danced in her mind. All that had to happen was the system working as planned and the jury recommending death.
Be careful what you ask for in life because you may get it.
Now all that is left is a crumpled robe on the floor, her dreams shattered by the operation of the jury system, her bias exposed, the hug heard round the world.
