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Attorneys say the acquittal of a Florida deputy for failing to act during a school shooting shows there are holes in the law.

Attorneys say the acquittal of a Florida deputy for failing to act during a school shooting shows there are holes in the law.

Attorneys say the acquittal of a Florida deputy for failing to act during a school shooting shows there are holes in the law.

Attorneys say the acquittal of a Florida deputy for failing to act during a school shooting shows there are holes in the law. Former Broward County Deputy Scot Peterson was

When Florida prosecutors charged former Deputy Scot Peterson for his alleged inaction during the 2018 Parkland school massacre, they faced a major hurdle: no law precisely fit. Without an on-point statute to base their case upon, prosecutors tried to make the law fit the facts instead of the facts fit the law, lawyers said. The Peterson case “has always been an uphill climb for the prosecutors,” Miami criminal defense attorney David S. Weinstein said.

A former Florida sheriff’s deputy has been found not guilty of failing to act during the 2018 Parkland high school massacre. Fired Broward County Deputy Scot Peterson wept as Thursday’s

Attorneys say the acquittal of a Florida deputy for failing to act during a school shooting shows there are holes in the law.

Attorneys say the acquittal of a Florida deputy for failing to act during a school shooting shows there are holes in the law.

By Denise Royal, Carlos Suarez and Dakin Andone, CNN

A trial of a police officer for failing to protect Parkland students raises legal and moral questions.