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Rafael Olmeda, Scott Travis and Natalia Galicza

Opening statements start in Marjory Stoneman Douglas mass shooting trial

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Prosecutor Mike Satz gave jurors an introduction to the horror of Feb. 14, 2018, telling them, “I’m going to speak to you about the unspeakable.”

Monday was the first day of the sentencing trial to determine if the confessed killer gets the death penalty or is sentenced to life in prison for the murder of 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.

“He had been planning to be a school shooter long before he moved in with the Sneads (James and Kimberly), long before his mother passed away,” said Satz, who was the state attorney at the time of the murders.

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