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Former circuit judge Elizabeth Scherer speaks, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, in Miami, to Florida International University law students about overseeing the trial of the shooter who murdered 17 at Parkland, Fla.'s, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Former circuit judge Elizabeth Scherer speaks, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, in Miami, to Florida International University law students about overseeing the trial of the shooter who murdered 17 at Parkland, Fla.'s, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Former circuit judge Elizabeth Scherer speaks, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, in Miami, to Florida International University law students about overseeing the trial of the shooter who murdered 17 at Parkland, Fla.'s, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Former circuit judge Elizabeth Scherer speaks, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, in Miami, to Florida International University law students about overseeing the trial of the shooter who murdered 17 at Parkland, Fla.'s, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

FILE - Judge Elizabeth Scherer speaks during jury selection in the penalty phase of the trial of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Monday, May 23, 2022. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun Sentinel via AP, Pool, File)

FILE - Judge Elizabeth Scherer speaks during jury selection in the penalty phase of the trial of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Monday, May 23, 2022. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun Sentinel via AP, Pool, File)