The trial of the suspect in the 2018 Florida high school massacre for fighting a jail guard was delayed on Monday because his lead lawyer on the case has been hospitalized.
Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz is shown at the defense table at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Monday, Oct. 4, 2021. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The trial of the suspect in the 2018 Florida high school massacre for fighting a jail guard was delayed on Monday because his lead lawyer on the case is seriously ill.trial on jail battery charges will now begin on Tuesday and testimony will begin Oct. 19, eight days later than scheduled.
Cruz's trial for the Feb. 14, 2018, slayings remains unscheduled. It has been delayed by the coronavirus pandemic and arguments over evidence and possible testimony. Throughout Monday's hearing, the former Stoneman Douglas student sat quietly at the defense table dressed in a dark blue sweater and white shirt instead of the orange jail jumpsuit he normally wore at pretrial hearings.
The trial's complicating factor is Cruz's notoriety in Broward County, which will make it difficult to find six jurors who can put aside their knowledge of the shooting and decide the brawl case solely on the evidence. Jury selection in a typical jail brawl trial would take a few hours and a prospect pool of 22, but for this case it is scheduled to last five days and have a pool of 400. Testimony is expected to last one or two days.
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