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US school shooter faces death penalty at sentencing trial

Fort Lauderdale (United States) (AFP) - A prosecutor arguing for the death penalty denounced the "unspeakable" murders of 17 people at a Florida high school as the sentencing trial began Monday for the troubled young man who admitted to carrying out the Valentine's Day 2018 shooting.

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Parkland school shooting - live: Nikolas Cruz sentencing begins as jury deliberate on death penalty

Deadliest mass shooting in US history ever to make it to trial is finally about to go before a jury today

The Independent UK

The price of punishment: Seeking justice for the Parkland victims, and condemning a killer, carries ballooning cost

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Justice is not free.

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The Parkland school shooter faces the death penalty as his trial begins

Opening statements begin on Monday. A jury faces two options to punish the Parkland shooter responsible for killing 17 people in 2018: life in prison or the death penalty.

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Parkland victims remembered ahead of shooter’s sentencing trial as hero’s widow opens up about the trauma

Chris Hixon was murdered along with 16 other people in the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Valentine’s Day 2018. His widow Debbi Hixon tells Rachel Sharp how she hopes the sentencing trial of his killer will finally enable her family to start to grieve

The Independent UK

Missed warning signs, failings, and lessons learned: What happened during the Parkland massacre

As the Parkland community braces for the sentencing trial for Nikolas Cruz, the man who killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018, Rachel Sharp investigates what led up to the massacre and what’s happened since

The Independent UK

Pretrial hearings end in Parkland school shooting case; trial starts Monday

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The courtroom is closed. Pretrial hearings in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting case came to an anti-climactic end Wednesday.

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Nikolas Cruz sentencing: A timeline of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting

Former student finally facing judgement for attack that killed 17 people and wounded 17 others in Parkland, Florida, on 14 February 2018

The Independent UK

Editorial: Parkland father rudely interrupts President Biden. Was he wrong?

Four years after his son Joaquin was shot and killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Broward County, Manuel Oliver’s pain is still raw.

Miami Herald

Biden misstates the date of the Parkland mass shooting by 100 years while delivering speech on gun reform law

The Valentine’s Day attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida killed 17 and injured 17

The Independent UK

Biden heckled by Parkland father during event to celebrate new gun law

Manuel Oliver shouts ‘we have to do more’ as president gives speech marking measure at White House

The Guardian - US

Biden heckled by Parkland parent at WH

Speaking on CNN just before the incident, the grieving father said the bipartisan law is not enough

Salon

Father of Parkland victim shouts objection as Biden ‘celebrates’ new gun law

Manuel Oliver, whose son Joaquin was killed in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre, interrupted President Joe Biden’s speech Monday during a White House event commemorating the new law aimed at reducing gun violence.

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Biden interrupted by Parkland father at White House event celebrating bipartisan gun legislation

‘This is like giving a green light to Congress to wait another 30 years to do something else’

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Judge limits access to gruesome Parkland murder photos and video

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — As the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting case inches closer to trial, the judge overseeing it is setting down strict rules to protect sensitive crime scene photos and videos from leaking to the general public.

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Judge limits access to gruesome Parkland murder photos and video

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Judge limits access to gruesome Parkland murder photos and video

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Parkland jurors must manage trial stress on their own

The 12 jurors chosen this past week to decide whether Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz is executed will be exposed to horrific images and emotional testimony, but must deal with any mental anguish alone

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Commentary: My high school classmates were massacred in 2018. How are we still in the exact same place?

In my first journalism job, I wrote two obituaries and edited 17. They were about the classmates and teachers who died in the mass shooting at my school.

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Jury selection in Parkland mass shooting case enters final phase

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The Parkland mass shooting trial entered the final phase of jury selection Wednesday, and Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer said she is planning to have the job finished within a week.

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Parkland activists join renewed push for gun safety laws

Local activists, including some familiar faces from Parkland, have stepped back into their roles to help pave the way toward gun safety reform.

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Shock, anger, guilt: What Parkland can teach Uvalde about mental health struggles ahead

Four years after her daughter watched a friend get shot in a Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School classroom, Nicole Cook is angry that another community faces the same magnitude of mental health recovery without a roadmap.

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Robert Runcie now leads national superintendent group and school safety initiative

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Robert Runcie, whose tenure as Broward schools superintendent included the Parkland tragedy and a grand jury indictment, is now overseeing a national group of school leaders and a $1 million project to improve school safety around the country.

Miami Herald

At March for Our Lives rally in DC, frustration mixes with optimism amid renewed push for action

WASHINGTON — Serena Rodrigues remembers how she felt four years ago, during her first March for Our Lives rally in Orlando, Florida, when she took a moment to watch a seemingly endless throng of people march together in support of gun control.

AFP

Thousands of protesters demand action on US gun violence

Washington (AFP) - Thousands of people took to the streets in the United States on Saturday to push for action on the devastating gun violence plaguing the country, where Republican politicians have repeatedly blocked efforts to enact stricter firearms laws.

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