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US Jury Considers Death Sentence for Parkland School Shooter Nikolas Cruz
US Jury Considers Death Sentence for Parkland School Shooter Nikolas Cruz
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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The sentencing trial of Parkland, Florida, school shooter Nikolas Cruz opened on Monday with a dozen jurors set to deliberate whether he... 18.07.2022, Sputnik International
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The jury is hearing the opening statements and will consider the first evidence about the massacre Cruz perpetrated that left 17 people dead at the Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland on February 18, 2018.Cruz, 23, pleaded guilty last October to 17 counts of first-degree murder and 17 counts of attempted first-degree murder during his rampage at the high school.Under Florida state law, the jury must reach a unanimous decision to put forth a death sentence.Legal experts have said they expect the prosecutor in the case to emphasize Cruz's brutality as he systematically killed pupils and staff and sometimes walked back to the wounded victims to shoot them again to ensure they were dead.The trial is expected to last at least several months, according to the experts.
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US Jury Considers Death Sentence for Parkland School Shooter Nikolas Cruz
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The sentencing trial of Parkland, Florida, school shooter Nikolas Cruz opened on Monday with a dozen jurors set to deliberate whether he will be executed or given a sentence of a life in prison without parole.
The jury is hearing the opening statements and will consider the first evidence about the massacre Cruz perpetrated that left 17 people dead at the Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland on February 18, 2018.
Cruz, 23, pleaded guilty last October to 17 counts of first-degree murder and 17 counts of attempted first-degree murder during his rampage at the high school.
20 October 2021, 14:22 GMT
Under Florida state law, the jury must reach a unanimous decision to put forth a death sentence.
Legal experts have said they expect the prosecutor in the case to emphasize Cruz's brutality as he systematically killed pupils and staff and sometimes walked back to the wounded victims to shoot them again to ensure they were dead.
The trial is expected to last at least several months, according to the experts.
