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Florida Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer sentences Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Nov. 2, 2022. Cruz was formally sentenced to life in prison for murdering 17 people at Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14, 2018. A state commission concluded Monday, June 5, 2023, that Scherer, should be publicly reprimanded for showing bias toward the prosecution, failing to curtail “vitriolic statements” directed at his attorneys by the victims' families and sometimes “allowed her emotions to overcome her judgement.” (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun Sentinel via AP, Pool, File)

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FILE- In this March 25, 2015 file photo, State Rep. Wendell Willard, R - Sandy Springs, looks over a bill during a House subcommittee in Atlanta. Georgia's judicial watchdog has removed more than five dozen judges over the past decade for such transgressions as sexual assault, writing racist notes and pointing a gun at people in court. While few would disagree that those judges needed to go, voters will decide Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016 whether the watchdog itself needs watching. Willard, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, thinks it does. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

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