FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Attorneys for Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz are asking a Broward County judge to delay his upcoming murder trial.
A motion filed Monday seeks to continue the trial, scheduled to begin next month, until a later date to give defense attorneys more time to prepare.
It goes on to say that starting the trial in January "would bring this case to trial faster than 33 of the 38 death penalty cases in Broward County since 1994."
Broward County Judge Elizabeth Scherer speaks to attorneys during a sidebar at a hearing for Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz, Dec. 9, 2019, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
“I expect this case to go to trial in January,” she told defense attorneys in October, despite their objections.