Judge Irate As Defense Abruptly Rests In Parkland School Shooting Trial Nbc 6 South Florida
“We’re not playing chess,” she said. “I just want to say this is the most uncalled for, unprofessional way to try the case.” As soon as the jury was about to enter the courtroom Wednesday morning, a member of the defense team, Melisa McNeill, stood up and said, “the defense rests.” The judge stopped the 12 jurors and 10 alternates from entering and addressed the defense team. “You all knew about this, and even if you didn’t make your decision until this morning, to have 22 [jurors] plus all of this staff and every attorney march into court and be waiting as if it’s some kind of game,” said an apparently exasperated Scherer....