FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Justice is not free.
When the gunman who took 17 lives at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School decided to plead guilty, a victim’s father called it “one step closer to justice.”
But it was just a step. A formality, really, considering gunman Nikolas Cruz has never made even a pretense of innocence. Guilt was never the question, fate is. And answering that question will cost Florida taxpayers millions in money that would not have been spent had he been sentenced to life in prison for the senseless murders.
