FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The biological brother and sister of the Parkland gunman are preparing to testify for him when the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting case resumes.
Defense lawyers have been tight-lipped about their strategy to try to persuade a jury to show mercy to Nikolas Cruz, 23, who pleaded guilty last October to 17 counts of first-degree murder. The jury is tasked with deciding whether the defendant is sentenced to death or to life in prison.
Zachary Cruz, 22, was not in court Thursday, but his attorney, Amina Matheny-Willard, told Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer that he was reluctant to answer pretrial questions posed by Broward County prosecutors.
