Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer will formally sentence Cruz to life in prison following a two-day hearing that began Monday and continues today, at which point victims’ families and survivors of the shooting will have a chance to speak. Their grief and disappointment have become focal points of an ongoing national debate over how convicted killers ought to be dealt with.
RELATED: Parkland shooting victims' families address Nikolas Cruz before sentencing
Nikolas Cruz, who pleaded guilty to 17 counts of first-degree murder and 17 counts of attempted murder in the February 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, was spared the death penalty by a Broward County jury on Oct. 13. Among that jury summoned to decide whether he should live or die, three jurors voted to spare his life.
The verdict angered victims' family members and has prompted talk of striking jury unanimity from Florida’s sentencing requirements. Legislation making it easier to impose the ultimate sanction is expected to be part of Gov. Ron DeSantis' package of proposed laws in January, if he is re-elected.
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I’m surprised republicans aren’t rooting for him
NOT HORRIBLE AT ALL!!! D trump will hire him & give him a pardon & YOU KNOW IT! I commend you junksaint! The defense are all republicans & trump supporters trust me not! B@st@rds!
@Bokmokmokmok R U serious jack-o-lantern and you will not see my response either because baby junksaint blocked me.😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂my job is done on this one.
Lol blocking like a banshee going on.
I apologize if I was not blocked but something funny is going on with YouTube,some of my comments are not showing up till 15 minutes after I wrote them.
@Bokmokmokmok R U serious jack-o-lantern support this pos? Republicans? We’re not the ones who bailed out the rioters of 2020, Harris did!!!!
Dems did!!! I’m pissed he got life and not death!
There should be a torture chamber for these type of situation. You know for sure he did it he admit it. He should be fed to the tigers alive imo. Condolences for these family I can’t imagine what they’re going through.
The shooter is a skinny 5’7″ weakling. Prison will be a torture chamber for him and the only way for him to survive is to become the “property” of a much larger inmate whose been sex deprived for a long time.
EVERY ONE ONE OF MY MY FRIENDS ARE DEAD BECAUSEVIF DRUGS OR GUNS
STOP THE MADNESS
I LIVE SOUTH OF TACOMA BEARBOARKKAND… ???? NEED INFO SEND LINK ON THIS SHOOTING PKEASE
Why show this if you’re not going to use volume?
No sound. Stellar!
Where’s the sound? Why did you bother with no sound? The sound engineer asleep?
At 5’7″ Cruz to survive in prison will need a wig and some lipstick. He will be passed around alot among his fellow inmates.
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