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Testimony has ended in the penalty trial for confessed Marjory Stoneman Douglas gunman Nikolas Cruz. Closing arguments are scheduled for Tuesday.

Dr. Robert Denney says Cruz does not suffer from Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders as the State alleges.

Nikolas Cruz calmly told a psychologist he picked Valentine’s Day for his massacre to ruin the holiday for Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students forever. Prosecutors concluded their rebuttal case Thursday after playing that video clip from jailhouse interviews.

After six months of jury selection, overwhelming evidence, gripping testimony, a tour of the crime scene, and tearful testimonials from many of the 34...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz calmly told a psychologist why he picked Valentine’s Day to massacre 17 people at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School four years ago: Because no one loved him, he wanted to ruin the holiday forever for anyone associated with the school.

Testimony has ended in the penalty trial for confessed Marjory Stoneman Douglas gunman Nikolas Cruz. Closing arguments are scheduled for Tuesday.

Prosecutors concluded their rebuttal case Thursday after playing a video clip from jailhouse interviews Cruz did with their psychologist.

Prosecutors trying to sentence Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz are trying to show he is faking having fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. They spent hours Tuesday showing charts of IQ tests,

“If his attention problems were as bad as this, he couldn’t even complete the test,” said neuropsychologist Robert Denney, who was called by the prosecution to rebut testimony introduced last month about Parkland gunman Nikolas Cruz.

Here’s what you need to know from Day 57 of the Parkland school shooter’s sentencing trial.