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Parkland shooter sentenced to life

"My hope for you is that you are miserable for the rest of your pathetic life," a parent said to Nikolas Cruz

Salon · Nov 2, 2022

Parkland school shooter sentenced to life in prison

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — For the 17 who lost their lives, the gunman was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Tribune News Service · Nov 2, 2022

Parkland shooter sentenced to life in prison for school massacre

Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz formally received a sentence of life without parole Wednesday after families of his 17 slain victims spent two days berating him as evil, a coward, a monster and a subhuman.

France 24 · Nov 2, 2022

Parkland survivors demand Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School be torn down after Nikolas Cruz verdict

‘They better tear that building down today,’ former student says

The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2022

Victims of the 2018 Parkland, Florida, high school massacre

A jury has recommended a sentence of life without parole for the attacker in the 2018 shooting massacre that left 17 people dead at a high school in Parkland, Florida

The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2022

Jury offers mercy, rejects death sentence on all 17 counts for Parkland school shooter

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — After a heart-wrenching three months reliving one of America’s most heinous crimes, a jury Thursday showed mercy to the Parkland school shooter, rejecting a death sentence and recommending he spend life in prison.

Tribune News Service · Oct 13, 2022

‘Doomed from the womb’ or cold-blooded killer? Lawyers plead for the life and death of the Parkland gunman

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — What he did was cold. Calculated. Purposeful with shocking and deadly impact, prosecutors said.

Tribune News Service · Oct 11, 2022

‘Hate is not a mental disorder,’ prosecution tells jury in closing arguments of Parkland trial

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — What he did was cold. Calculated. Purposeful, prosecutors said.

Tribune News Service · Oct 11, 2022

Nikolas Cruz’s sentencing trial: What we’ve learned so far

Jurors are weighing whether to sentence Cruz to life in prison or to death for carrying out one of the worst school shootings in American history

The Independent UK · Sep 12, 2022

‘All you see is a broken family’: Parkland victims’ families tell jurors about how mass shooting ripped apart their lives

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The deepest wounds of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School don’t show up on surveillance video, crime scene photos or autopsy pictures of the 17 who were slain.

Tribune News Service · Aug 3, 2022