February 24, 2022 | Daily Business Review
Higher-Speed Train Safety on Agenda of Florida OfficialsThe Federal Railroad Administration called the meeting as Brightline, the region's new higher-speed passenger service, and other Florida railroads have seen a rash of fatal accidents over the past four years.
By Terry Spencer
3 minute read
February 03, 2022 | Daily Business Review
Parkland School Shooter's Trial Delayed Again"I don't think I have a choice but to delay," a frustrated Judge Elizabeth Scherer said.
By Terry Spencer
4 minute read
January 25, 2022 | Daily Business Review
Judge: Jurors Can See School Shooter's Instagram Photos"If you make your account public, how can you possibly have a reasonable expectation of privacy when the entire world can see it?" Judge Elizabeth Scherer said.
By Terry Spencer
3 minute read
December 14, 2021 | Daily Business Review
Judge: Florida School Shooting Victims' Families Can TestifyJudge Elizabeth Scherer agreed with prosecutors that the statements will be written in advance and given to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz's attorneys before the parents read them to the jurors.
By Terry Spencer
2 minute read
November 24, 2021 | Daily Business Review
Florida Massacre Families to Get Millions for FBI's InactionThe attorneys said the settlement's details are confidential, but a person familiar with the deal said the government will pay the families $127.5 million overall.
By Terry Spencer
3 minute read
November 23, 2021 | Daily Business Review
Florida Clears Groveland Four of 1949 Rape of White WomanVivian Shepherd, left, Gerald Threat, center, and Carol Greenlee, right, relatives of the Groveland Four, gathered at a monument in front of the Old Lake County courthouse in Tavares in 2020.
By Terry Spencer
5 minute read
November 16, 2021 | Daily Business Review
Is Burgundy Maroon? Gunman's Lawyers Argue They're DifferentAttorneys for Marjory Stoneman Douglas High shooter Nikolas Cruz want Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer to bar prosecutors from showing jurors the videos, photos and messages found on his phone and guns, ammunition and other items seized from the friend's home where he was living when he murdered 17 people.
By Terry Spencer
4 minute read
November 10, 2021 | Daily Business Review
Florida Police Officer's Convictions Upheld in Fatal ShootingFormer Palm Beach Gardens officer Nouman Raja was the first Florida law enforcement agent in nearly 30 years to be convicted and sentenced for an on-duty killing.
By Terry Spencer
4 minute read
October 18, 2021 | Daily Business Review
Attorney: Cruz to Plead Guilty to Parkland School MassacreBy pleading guilty to killing 14 students and three staff members at a Parkland high school, Nikolas Cruz is setting up a penalty phase where he would be fighting against the death penalty and hoping for life without parole.
By Terry Spencer
6 minute read
October 05, 2021 | Daily Business Review
Florida School Massacre Suspect's Jail Brawl Trial DelayedCircuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer said Nikolas Cruz's other attorney on the battery case is experienced and capable to take over as lead counsel and ruled that testimony will begin Oct. 19, eight days later than scheduled.
By Terry Spencer
3 minute read