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Parkland school shooting: jury selection begins in death penalty trial

Nikolas Cruz appears in court in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on 19 February 2018.
Nikolas Cruz appears in court in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on 19 February 2018. Photograph: Reuters

Jury selection in the death penalty trial of Nikolas Cruz, who murdered 17 students and staff members in a 2018 school shooting in Parkland, Florida, began on Monday after years of delay due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Cruz, 23, has already pled guilty to the murders at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school, meaning a jury will decide whether he faces life in prison or the death penalty. It is the deadliest US mass shooting ever to go to trial.

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