Newly Released Evidence in the Kohberger Murders Reveals the Mind of a Savage Psychopath
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Ten years on the bench. Now the cases everyone is watching, explained by someone who ran the room.
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About Judge Liz
She spent a decade deciding what the law required. Now she explains it.
Elizabeth Scherer served more than ten years as a Circuit Court Judge in Florida’s Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, and prosecuted for eleven years before that — her last six in the Career Criminal Unit, first chair on more than seventy-five jury trials.
She has handled over a hundred jury trials in all, including presiding over the Parkland shooter case. She is a partner at Conrad & Scherer and a 2023 Alumni Achievement Award recipient at the University of Miami School of Law.
10+Years on the circuit bench
100+Jury trials handled
75+First chair as prosecutor
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The Podcast
What the record doesn’t show
New every week. The rulings, the strategy, and the calls a jury never sees.
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TopicMatterLength
DiddyParkland Judge Speaks Out on Diddy Jail Time with David DiPietro40:20
KohbergerJudge Liz of The Parkland Shooter Trial Calls BS on Kohberger Offer of Life in Prison!24:16
KohbergerParkland Judge Elizabeth Scherer Answers YOUR Questions on Kohberger Case21:52
Blake LivelyBlake the Fake and her bogus lawsuit?17:02
Justin BaldoniJustin Baldoni Still in Play16:31
DiddyDiddy’s Shocking Trial Strategy: Bibles & His Baby Girls14:19
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The thorough pursuit of justice should apply equally whether the case involves many parties with a large audience or simply two individuals with nobody else watching.Judge Elizabeth Scherer
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First Responder Lessons from Parkland
What the evidence showed about the police, fire and EMS response that day, and what agencies have changed since.
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School Safety and Warning Signs
Why warning signs get missed, and what schools need beyond a written lockdown plan. For districts, boards and campus security.
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Decision-Making Under Pressure
Making high-stakes calls with no time and everyone watching. For executive teams, boards and leadership programs.
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Inside a High-Profile Trial
What actually happens between the headline and the verdict, from someone who prosecuted for 11 years and judged for 10.
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On-air legal analysis, short notice, studio or remote.
How she would ruleNot only what the judge in the case did, but what she would have done from the bench, and why.
Capital cases and the death penaltyOne of very few analysts who has presided over a capital trial and imposed the sentence.
Rulings, evidence and objectionsWhat a judge controls during a trial and what they do not, in plain language.
Jury selection and deliberationWhat each side is really looking for, and how twelve people arrive at a verdict.
Charging decisions and plea dealsEleven years prosecuting, six in the Career Criminal Unit. Why a case gets filed, reduced, or never brought.
Civil suits and damagesDefamation, wrongful death, malpractice and class actions, from her active litigation practice.
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