>> Kristi: WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW. A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT DURING JURY
SELECTION OF THE PARKLAND SCHOOL
SHOOTER PENALTY PHASE TRIAL.
>> Alexis: THERE IS A CHANCE
THAT THEY MAY HAVE TO START THIS
PROCESS ALL OVER AGAIN.
CHRIS TINE THAT VASQUEZ JOINS US
IN FT. LAUDERDALE.
>> Kristi: WHAT HAPPENS IN
COURT THAT COULD CAUSE A
POSSIBLE CHANGE.
THIS COULD BE A MAJOR SETBACK.
>> Reporter: YES, WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT WE EXPERIENCED TWO WEEKS
OF IN THIS JURY SELECTION.
WE THOUGHT THIS WAS DAY SEVEN OF
WEEK THREE.
THE JUDGE SAID 200 JURORS OUT A
LITTLE OVER 1200 HAVE SORT OF
CLEARED THAT PHASE ONE, IF YOU
REMEMBER, WAS FOCUSED ON
HARDSHIPS.
YOU MAY REMEMBER DURING THE VERY
FIRST WEEK OF JURY SELECTION, IT
WAS A PROCEDURAL ISSUE WITH 11
PROSPECTIVE JURORS.
THIS IS WHEN THE JUDGE HAD SORT
OF VEERED, WENT AWVB SCRIPT OF
THE LIMITED SCOPE OF HARDSHIP
AND STARTED ASKING JURORS IF
THEY CAN, QUOTE, FOLLOW THE LAW.
THE DEFENSE FLAGGED AN ISSUE
WHEN 11 JURORS SAID THEY
COULDN’T FOLLOW THE LAW AND
EXCUSED FROM THE CASE BEFORE
DEFENSE HAD A CHANCE TO QUESTION
HELP THEM.
THE PLAN WAS, THE REMEDY AS
STATED IN OPEN COURT AND AGREED
BY BOTH SIDES A SUMMONS TO GET
THOSE 11 PROSPECTIVE JURORS
BACK.
IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THEY
WOULD BE HERE TODAY IN ORDER FOR
THE DEFENSE TO HAVE THAT MOMENT
WITH CASE LAW OF DEATH PENALTY
CASES TO QUESTION HELP THEM
ABOUT THE STATEMENT THAT THEY
MADE, THAT THEY COULD NOT FOLLOW
THE LAW.
OVER THE WEEKEND, THE CLERK OF
COURTS CONFIRMING TO ME, NO
SUMMONS SENT OUT, AND THAT IS
WHERE WE HEAD RIGHT IN THE
MORNING WITH THE STATE FLAGGING
FOR THE JUDGE WHAT IS THE UPDATE
OF 191 PROSPECTIVE JURORS.
THE JUDGE STATING A
MISCOMMUNICATION AND THE REST
FOLLOWS.
LET’S LISTEN IN TOGETHER.
>> WE HAD A MISCOMMUNICATION.
WE WILL GET HELP THEM HERE NEXT
WEEK.
>> YOUR HONOR, IN THAT CASE WITH
ALL DUE RESPECT, THE STATE WILL
FILE A MOTION.
>> Reporter: THE 11 PROSPECTIVE
JURORS THAT THE JUDGE EXCUSED
FROM THE CASE THAT THEY COULD
NOT FOLLOW THE LAW WHEN THE
DEFENSE COULD NOT QUESTION HELP
THEM.
THE SCOPE OF PHASE ONE OF
HARDSHIPS AND ASKED PROSPECTIVE
JURORS IF THEY COULD FOLLOW THE
LAW AND EXCUSED 11 FROM THE CASE
WHO SAID THEY COULD NOT BEFORE
THE DEFENSE WAS ABLE TO SPEAK
WITH HELP THEM.
THE REMEDIES DISCUSS AND APRIL 6
TO BRING HELP THEM BACK, AN
OPTION THAT PRESENTS ITS OWN
CHALLENGE OF RULES TO NOT TALK
AND SPEAK OF THE CASE APPLIED
TOE EXCUSED JURORS.
OVER THE WEEKEND THE CLERK OF
COURT SAY NO NEW SUMMONS HAVE
BEEN SENT.
THE JUDGE SAYING THEY WILL BE
BROUGHT BACK NEXT WEEK.
THE DEFENSE SAYS THAT WORKS FOR
HELP THEM.
STATE MAKING THE ARGUMENT FOR
REVERSIBLE ERROR AND STRIKING
ALL PANELISTS FOR THE FIRST SIX
DAYS.
>> IT IS BETTER TO START FRESH.
>> I AM GRANTING THE MOTION TO
START OVER.
>> WITH A CAVEAT, SO TO SPEAK.
SHE SAYS IN OPEN COURT WHEN THIS
FIRST PANEL FOR TODAY COMES, SHE
IS GRANTING THAT STATE MOTION TO
-- AGAIN, STRIKING ALL PANELS.
STARTING FRESH LIKE THIS IS DAY
ONE LAND DO IT WITHOUT PREJUDICE
WHICH MEANT THE DEFENSE HAD
ARGUMENTS THEY WANTED TO MAKE TO
THE STATE’S MOTION AND NEEDED
TIME TO PREPARE AND THEY COULD
DO THAT AFTER LUNCH.
WHEN THE JUDGE SAYS I AM MAKING
THIS MOTION WITHOUT PREJUDICE,
WHAT THAT IS SAYING IS, IT IS
STILL A LITTLE OPEN-ENDED,
RIGHT.
SHE IS GOING TO BE PRESUMABLY --
SHE IS TELEGRAPHING HEARING WHAT
THE DEFENSE HAS TO SAY
PRESUMABLY WITH OPEN COURT AFTER
LUNCH.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
IF THAT MOMENT HAPPENS, SHE CAN
REVERSE THAT RULING AND HEAR
FROM THE DEFENSE AND REVERSE THE
RULING AND THAT MEANS BACK TO
DAY SEVEN, WEEK THREE, AND THEN
THERE WILL BE -- WE WOULD LEARN
A LITTLE BIT MORE OF HOW THEY
EXACTLY PLAN TO HANDLE THIS
PROCEDURAL ISSUE WITH THE 1
PERSPECTIVE JURORS OR CAN SAY
THAT MY RULING FROM THE MORNING
STICKS AND THAT MEANS RIGHT NOW
WE ARE BACK TO DAY ONE.
SO IT IS REALLY A STAY TUNED, WE
WILL SEE HOW THIS DAY DEVELOPS.
CHRISTINA VASQUEZ, LOCAL 10