Jury selection in the penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz hit a new stumbling block when a potential juror wore a T-shirt potentially prejudicial to his case.
hit a new stumbling block Monday when a potential juror's T-shirt honoring those killed and traumatized in the 2018 massacre resulted in the dismissal of her entire group of 10.of Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that read “Teacher Strong.” Below that were two hashtags that were commonly found on T-shirts and bumper stickers throughout South Florida long after the Feb. 14, 2018, shooting: #msdstrong and #NeverAgain.and wounding 17 others.
After that was discussed, Melisa McNeill, Cruz's lead public defender, asked her about her T-shirt and how much contact she had with the other jurors. The woman said she hadn't talked to the others, but they had all seen her shirt.that the entire group should be dismissed because the shirt possibly could have been prejudiced others against Cruz. Prosecutors agreed.
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Jury selection in school shooter's trial upended by T-shirtThe already slow slog of picking jurors in the penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz hit a new stumbling block Monday when a potential juror's T-shirt honoring those killed and traumatized in the 2018 massacre resulted in the dismissal of her entire group of 10. The woman, a 58-year-old high school teacher, was wearing a T-shirt in the burgundy and silver colors of Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that read “Teacher Strong.” Cruz, 23, pleaded guilty in October to murdering 17 and wounding 17 others.
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