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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board

Editorial: A jury that acted without fear or favor

The crucial question at the Parkland killer’s sentencing trial wasn’t expressed in so many words on the elaborate verdict forms that took more than an hour to read in court Thursday.

Rather, it was how Chief Assistant Public Defender Melisa McNeill phrased it to the jury.

“In a civilized society, do we kill brain-damaged, mentally ill, broken people?” she asked.

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