Parkland School Shooter Sentenced Life in Prison Rather Than Death Penalty |
 https://daybreakinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/2022-10-11T180542Z_3_LYNXMPEI9A0W6_RTROPTP_4_FLORIDA-SHOOTING-GUNMAN-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://daybreakinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/2022-10-11T180542Z_3_LYNXMPEI9A0W6_RTROPTP_4_FLORIDA-SHOOTING-GUNMAN-768x512.jpg 768w, https://daybreakinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/2022-10-11T180542Z_3_LYNXMPEI9A0W6_RTROPTP_4_FLORIDA-SHOOTING-GUNMAN-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://daybreakinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/2022-10-11T180542Z_3_LYNXMPEI9A0W6_RTROPTP_4_FLORIDA-SHOOTING-GUNMAN-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://daybreakinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/2022-10-11T180542Z_3_LYNXMPEI9A0W6_RTROPTP_4_FLORIDA-SHOOTING-GUNMAN-600x400.jpg 600w, https://daybreakinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/2022-10-11T180542Z_3_LYNXMPEI9A0W6_RTROPTP_4_FLORIDA-SHOOTING-GUNMAN-450x300.jpg 450w" alt="" width="400" height="auto" />ABC: Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz has been spared the death penalty and sentenced to life in prison by a Florida jury for carrying out the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that claimed 17 lives. Cruz pleaded guilty last year to 17 counts of first-degree murder and 17 counts of attempted first-degree murder in connection to the Feb. 14, 2018, killing of 14 students and three staff members at his former school. This penalty phase trial was to determine if Cruz would be sentenced to death or life in prison for the massacre he committed at age 19 (ABC). Washington Examiner: There was no trial after Cruz pled guilty, so the court went directly to sentencing. The hearing for the death penalty began in April with jury selection and opening statements in July. During closing arguments on Tuesday, the prosecution argued that Cruz’s actions were calculated and premeditated. “What he wanted to do, what his plan was and what he did, was to murder children at school and their caretakers,” lead prosecutor Michael Satz said. “The appropriate sentence for Nikolas Cruz is the death penalty.” However, the defense said Cruz’s lifetime of struggles in both home and school should prevent him from receiving the death penalty (Washington Examiner). |
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What a waste of money......