Parkland school killer formally sentenced to life in prison
2 years, 1 month ago

Parkland school killer formally sentenced to life in prison

Associated Press  

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — 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 who deserves a painful death. She told him that his fear would mount, “until the last family member who pulled that last straw had the privilege of making sure that they killed you.” Fred Guttenberg told the court that last week he finally watched the security video of the shooting, witnessing his 14-year-old daughter Jaime get to within one step of a stairway door and safety when Cruz’s bullet hit her in the spine. “I am still a dad who every day dreamed of walking his daughter down the aisle and now I have to face a lifetime of reality that I won’t.” Victoria Gonzalez, whose boyfriend Joaquin Oliver was murdered as he lay wounded on the floor, told Cruz she had once sat near him in a class. “I will live with that — and you will live with that indifferently.” Several parents over the two days said they would petition the Legislature to change the state’s death penalty law so that jury unanimity is no longer needed for a judge to impose a death sentence.

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Survivor of Parkland school massacre wins ownership of shooter’s name in lawsuit settlement
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Survivor of Parkland school massacre wins ownership of shooter’s name in lawsuit settlement

Associated Press  

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The most severely wounded survivor of the 2018 massacre at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School now owns shooter Nikolas Cruz’s name, and Cruz cannot give any interviews without his permission, under a settlement reached in a lawsuit. Under his recent settlement with Anthony Borges, Cruz must also turn over any money he might receive as …

Parkland high school massacre site: Demolition begins as families of the victims look on
6 months, 1 week ago

Parkland high school massacre site: Demolition begins as families of the victims look on

CNN  

Parkland, Florida CNN — For six years, a building at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, where a gunman killed 17 people, was a nightmare frozen in time. In a statement, the district said Friday it “is continuing to work with the families and school staff to determine future use of the site.” The shooting ripped apart 17 …

Parents of Parkland victim end up talking about Kansas City Chiefs parade shooting INSTEAD of speaking about the anniversary of their son's death: 'Not surprised at all'
10 months, 1 week ago

Parents of Parkland victim end up talking about Kansas City Chiefs parade shooting INSTEAD of speaking about the anniversary of their son's death: 'Not surprised at all'

Daily Mail  

Manuel and Patricia Oliver were set to speak six years after son Joaquin's death, but in a stunning moment, were subjected to scenes from the shooting instead The parents of one of the children who died during the Parkland shooting had a live interview interrupted by a broadcast from the stricken Kansas City Chiefs parade. As they spoke, footage from …

Florida deputy’s legal team says he didn’t have an obligation to stop Parkland school shooter
1 year ago

Florida deputy’s legal team says he didn’t have an obligation to stop Parkland school shooter

Associated Press  

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A former Florida sheriff’s deputy is claiming he had no legal duty to confront the gunman who murdered 17 people and wounded 17 others at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School nearly six years ago, his attorney argued Monday. The legal team representing Broward County Deputy Scot Peterson asked a judge to dismiss the lawsuit brought …

Prosecutor: Deputy fled during Parkland school massacre, putting own life ahead of students’
1 year, 5 months ago

Prosecutor: Deputy fled during Parkland school massacre, putting own life ahead of students’

Associated Press  

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Florida sheriff’s deputy fled to safety during the 2018 Parkland school massacre, putting his own life ahead of the children he was charged with protecting and giving the gunman time to fatally shoot several victims, prosecutors told jurors Monday during the closing arguments of his trial on child neglect charges. Broward County Deputy Scot Peterson …

Judge who sentenced Parkland shooter removed from other case
1 year, 8 months ago

Judge who sentenced Parkland shooter removed from other case

Associated Press  

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The judge who oversaw the sentencing of the Parkland massacre gunman was removed from another death penalty murder case Thursday by the Florida Supreme Court, which agreed she showed unfair sympathy for prosecutors in the Parkland school shooting case. The court removed Judge Elizabeth Scherer from overseeing any post-conviction proceedings for Randy Tundidor, who was sentenced to …

Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz sentenced to life in prison
2 years, 1 month ago

Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz sentenced to life in prison

Al Jazeera  

US judge sentences Cruz to life without parole for 2018 attack at Stoneman Douglas High School that killed 17 people. A gunman who opened fire at a US high school in Parkland, Florida in 2018, killing 17 and wounding 17 others, has been sentenced to life in prison without parole, capping two days of emotional statements from family members of …

Families unleash grief and anger on Parkland school shooter
2 years, 1 month ago

Families unleash grief and anger on Parkland school shooter

Associated Press  

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Families of the 17 children and staff members Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz murdered cursed him to hell, wished him a painful death and called him a coward Tuesday as they got their one chance to address him directly before he is sentenced to life in prison. Speaking at Cruz but refusing to say his name, …

Nikolas Cruz sentencing trial: Key revelations about Parkland shooter and his massacre
2 years, 1 month ago

Nikolas Cruz sentencing trial: Key revelations about Parkland shooter and his massacre

The Independent  

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Nikolas Cruz sentencing: A timeline of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting
2 years, 1 month ago

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

The Independent  

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‘You don’t know me, but you tried to kill me.’ Parkland victims and loved ones get last word before shooter sentenced to life in prison
2 years, 1 month ago

‘You don’t know me, but you tried to kill me.’ Parkland victims and loved ones get last word before shooter sentenced to life in prison

CNN  

CNN — Anguished survivors of the Parkland school shooting and grieving relatives of victims faced the gunman in court before he’s sentenced to life in prison, testifying Tuesday about the loved ones and sense of security he stole from them, and expressing anger over a jury’s decision not to recommend he be put to death. I am broken and altered, …

Families get final say before Parkland shooter is sentenced
2 years, 1 month ago

Families get final say before Parkland shooter is sentenced

Associated Press  

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz will be sentenced to life in prison this week — but not before the families of the 17 people he murdered get the chance to tell him what they think. After Cruz is sentenced, he will be transferred from the Broward County jail to the state correctional system’s processing center near …

Parkland shooter’s life sentence could bring changes to law
2 years, 2 months ago

Parkland shooter’s life sentence could bring changes to law

Associated Press  

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — It wasn’t long ago that Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz would have been looking at a near-certain death sentence for murdering 17 people in Parkland, even if his jury could not unanimously agree on his fate. And while the Cruz jurors all said they could vote for the death penalty if chosen, they didn’t say they …

Watch: Parkland mom rains hell on jury after Stoneman Douglas High School shooter avoids death penalty
2 years, 2 months ago

Watch: Parkland mom rains hell on jury after Stoneman Douglas High School shooter avoids death penalty

Raw Story  

During an appearance on MSNBC on Friday morning, the mother of a hero teacher who was shot and killed by Nikolas Cruz in the mass shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida in 2018, went on a tirade at the jury which refused to recommend the death penalty after a three-month trial. Linda Beigle-Schulman's son Scott was a …

Parkland school shooter spared from execution for killing 17
2 years, 2 months ago

Parkland school shooter spared from execution for killing 17

Associated Press  

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A divided jury spared Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz the death penalty Thursday for killing 17 people at a Parkland high school in 2018, sending him to prison for the rest of his life in a decision that left many families of the victims angered, baffled and in tears. “We need justice.” Cruz, 24, pleaded guilty …

Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz avoids death penalty and is sentenced to life
2 years, 2 months ago

Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz avoids death penalty and is sentenced to life

The Independent  

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Florida jury recommends Parkland shooter serve life in prison
2 years, 2 months ago

Florida jury recommends Parkland shooter serve life in prison

Al Jazeera  

Jury says Nicolas Cruz should not get the death penalty for the murder of 17 students and staff at US high school. A Florida jury has recommended that a gunman who killed 17 people in a 2018 school shooting be spared the death penalty and instead be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. She said it …

EXPLAINER: What’s next in the Parkland school shooter trial?
2 years, 2 months ago

EXPLAINER: What’s next in the Parkland school shooter trial?

Associated Press  

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The jurors who will decide whether Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz is sentenced to death or life without parole concluded their first day of deliberations Wednesday as the three-month trial nears its conclusion. Cruz’s lead attorney Melisa McNeill and her team never questioned the horror he inflicted, but focused on their belief that his birth mother’s …

Attorneys argue over school shooter’s fate: death or prison
2 years, 2 months ago

Attorneys argue over school shooter’s fate: death or prison

Associated Press  

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The prosecutor and defense attorney for Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz agreed Tuesday that his 2018 attack that killed 17 people was horrible, but disagreed in their closing arguments on whether it was an act of evil worthy of execution or one of a broken person who should be imprisoned for life. The killings, he said, …

Parkland School Shooter Was Intellectually Slow And Violent As Child, Court Hears
2 years, 4 months ago

Parkland School Shooter Was Intellectually Slow And Violent As Child, Court Hears

Huff Post  

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz is seen Tuesday during the penalty phase of his trial in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. via Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz as a toddler was intellectually and physically behind other children, which caused him to isolate himself and hit and bite to get what he wanted, a …

Parkland school shooter acted casually after fleeing
2 years, 5 months ago

Parkland school shooter acted casually after fleeing

Associated Press  

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz walked casually into a sandwich shop minutes after he murdered 14 students and three staff members at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School four years ago, showing no signs of stress or nervousness, video played at his penalty trial Thursday showed. Thursday’s abbreviated court session focused on Cruz’s attempted escape after …

Prosecutor recalls coldness, cruelty of Parkland gunman
2 years, 5 months ago

Prosecutor recalls coldness, cruelty of Parkland gunman

Associated Press  

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The prosecutor seeking the death penalty for the gunman who massacred 17 people at a Parkland, Florida, high school detailed for jurors Monday how Nikolas Cruz coldly mowed down his victims, returning to some as they lay wounded to finish them off with a second volley. Some parents wept as prosecutor Mike Satz described in his …

Florida High School Shooter Nikolas Cruz's Penalty Trial Begins
2 years, 5 months ago

Florida High School Shooter Nikolas Cruz's Penalty Trial Begins

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The trial to determine whether the gunman who attacked a Parkland, Florida, high school is executed began Monday with a prosecutor describing how Nikolas Cruz mowed down his 17 victims, returning to some as they lay wounded to kill them with a second volley. Some parents wept as prosecutor Mike Satz described in …

Death penalty trial of Parkland high school shooter begins
2 years, 5 months ago

Death penalty trial of Parkland high school shooter begins

Al Jazeera  

The months-long US trial will decide whether Nikolas Cruz will be executed or sentenced to life without parole. Opening arguments have begun in the penalty phase of the trial of Nikolas Cruz, the man who killed 17 people at a Florida high school in 2018 – one of the deadliest school shootings in United States history. Cruz, 23, pleaded guilty …

Prosecutor tells jury of Parkland gunman’s coldness and cruelty
2 years, 5 months ago

Prosecutor tells jury of Parkland gunman’s coldness and cruelty

LA Times  

Family members arrive on the first day of the sentencing trial for the convicted Parkland school shooter at the Broward County Judicial Complex in downtown Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Monday. The prosecutor seeking the death penalty for the gunman who massacred 17 people at a Parkland, Fla., high school detailed for jurors Monday how Nikolas Cruz coldly mowed down his …

Life or death for Parkland shooter? Trial will take months
2 years, 5 months ago

Life or death for Parkland shooter? Trial will take months

Associated Press  

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Four years, five months and four days after Nikolas Cruz murdered 17 at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, his trial for the deadliest U.S. mass shooting to reach a jury begins Monday with opening statements. “I hope for swift action to hold him responsible.” All victim parents and family members who have spoken publicly have …

Judge won’t delay Florida school shooting sentencing trial
2 years, 5 months ago

Judge won’t delay Florida school shooting sentencing trial

Associated Press  

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Florida judge has refused to delay the sentencing trial of Nikolas Cruz in the 2018 shooting at a high school in which 17 people were killed. Cruz’s lawyers had argued that recent mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, unleashed “a wave of emotion” nationally that could bias the just-seated jury against him …

Jury is chosen to decide Florida school shooter’s sentence
2 years, 5 months ago

Jury is chosen to decide Florida school shooter’s sentence

Associated Press  

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A jury of seven men and five women was tentatively chosen Tuesday for a penalty trial to decide whether Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz should be sentenced to death or get life in prison for the 2018 attack, capping a nearly three-month winnowing process that began with 1,800 candidates. The jury will decide whether Cruz, 23, …

A jury will decide if the Parkland gunman gets the death penalty
2 years, 8 months ago

A jury will decide if the Parkland gunman gets the death penalty

NPR  

A jury will decide if the Parkland gunman gets the death penalty Enlarge this image toggle caption Rhona Wise/AFP via Getty Images Rhona Wise/AFP via Getty Images More than four years after killing 17 people and wounding 17 others at Florida's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Nikolas Cruz goes on trial Monday. "He deserves every chance he gave my daughter …

Victims of the 2018 Parkland, Florida, high school massacre
3 years, 2 months ago

Victims of the 2018 Parkland, Florida, high school massacre

Associated Press  

Nikolas Cruz pleaded guilty to murder on Wednesday in the 2018 shooting massacre that left 17 people dead at a high school in Parkland, Florida. GINA MONTALTO, 14 Gina was a member of the Stoneman Douglas winter color guard team and was described by one of her instructors as “the sweetest soul ever.” Her father, Tony Montalto, is president of …

Nikolas Cruz pleads guilty to 2018 Parkland school massacre
3 years, 2 months ago

Nikolas Cruz pleads guilty to 2018 Parkland school massacre

Associated Press  

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Nikolas Cruz pleaded guilty Wednesday to murdering 17 people during a rampage at his former high school in Parkland, Florida, leaving a jury to decide whether he will be executed for one of the nation’s deadliest school shootings. He does not deserve life in prison.” Anthony Borges, a former Stoneman Douglas student who was shot five …

Nikolas Cruz pleads guilty to 2018 Parkland school massacre
3 years, 2 months ago

Nikolas Cruz pleads guilty to 2018 Parkland school massacre

Al Jazeera  

Nikolas Cruz, a former student, has pleaded guilty to murder in the 2018 high school massacre in Parkland, Florida in the southern US, that left 17 dead. Survivors formed “March for Our Lives”, a gun safety advocacy for stronger background checks and a ban on the AR-15 type of assault-style rifle that Cruz used in the assault. Cruz killed the …

Nikolas Cruz pleads guilty to Parkland school shooting that left 17 dead
3 years, 2 months ago

Nikolas Cruz pleads guilty to Parkland school shooting that left 17 dead

LA Times  

The guilty plea by Nikolas Cruz, 23, does not guarantee that he will avoid a death sentence in the 2018 massacre of 17 people in Parkland, Fla. Nikolas Cruz pleaded guilty Wednesday to murdering 17 people during a rampage at his former high school in Parkland, Fla., leaving a jury to decide whether he will be executed for one of …

Attorney: Cruz to plead guilty to Parkland school massacre
3 years, 2 months ago

Attorney: Cruz to plead guilty to Parkland school massacre

Associated Press  

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The gunman who killed 14 students and three staff members at a Parkland, Florida, high school will plead guilty to their murders, his attorneys said Friday, bringing some closure to a South Florida community more than three years after an attack that sparked a nationwide movement for gun control. Cruz attorney David Wheeler told Circuit Judge …

3 years later, Parkland school shooting trial still in limbo
3 years, 10 months ago

3 years later, Parkland school shooting trial still in limbo

Associated Press  

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — It’s been more than 1,000 days since a gunman with an AR-15 rifle burst into a Florida high school, killed 17 people and wounded 17 others. Our families have already paid the ultimate price.” Michael Schulman, the father of shooting victim Scott Beigel — a school cross-country coach and geography teacher hailed for protecting students — …

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