Massacre defendant’s attorneys want judge to remove them
May 1, 2019 | 6:48 AM
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The public defenders representing the former student charged with the Florida high school massacre are set to ask a judge to remove them from the case.
The Broward County Public Defender’s Office will ask Judge Elizabeth Scherer on Wednesday to order Nikolas Cruz to hire a private attorney with the $432,000 he may receive from his late mother’s life insurance policy. The office made the surprise announcement last week.
Prosecutors oppose such a move, saying any money likely will go through lawsuits to Cruz’s surviving victims and the families of those killed.
