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Prosecutor urges jury to sentence Parkland school shooter to death

Students hold their hands in the air as they are evacuated by police from Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school, in Parkland, Florida, on 14 February 2018, after a shooter opened fire on campus.
Students hold their hands in the air as they are evacuated by police from Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school, in Parkland, Florida, on 14 February 2018. Photograph: Mike Stocker/AP

A prosecutor on Monday urged jurors to sentence to death the gunman who killed 17 people in a mass shooting at a Florida high school in 2018.

The penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz began on Monday, the deadliest US mass shooting to go before a jury.

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