Parkland Shooter Sentenced To Life Without Parole

The Associated Press reports:

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.

Cruz, shackled and in a red jail jumpsuit, watched intently as Judge Elizabeth Scherer sentenced him to 17 life terms for the Feb. 14, 2018, massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in suburban Fort Lauderdale and an additional 17 for the attempted murders of those he wounded.

Scherer had no other choice; the jury in Cruz’s three-month penalty trial voted 9-3 on Oct. 13 to sentence him to death, but Florida law requires unanimity for that sentence to be imposed.

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“Burn in hell”: Families of Parkland high school massacre victims confront shooter as he is officially sentenced to life in prison. https://t.co/rwa1zCoppW pic.twitter.com/iJh60xIDYT

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‘I hope that your maker sends you directly to hell to burn for the rest of your eternity’ — Families of Parkland shooting victims did not hold their thoughts back during the formal sentencing of the gunman

(warning: distressing) pic.twitter.com/S0agV9ntbg

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“You will die as nothing, because you are nothing”

Parkland school massacre gunman Nikolas Cruz faces the families of those he killed in 2018 https://t.co/KozKoV2zG6 pic.twitter.com/uA214pbct6

— CNN (@CNN) November 1, 2022

Michael Schulman, the father of Parkland victim #ScottBeigel, called the convicted mass murderer a “piece of sh*t” and told his defense team to thicken their skin after they said the victims’ families of threaten their families during their statements. pic.twitter.com/ecIbcYFg5B

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