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What Punishment Does Nikolas Cruz Face After Pleading Guilty to Parkland School Shooting?

Judge Elizabeth Scherer told the 23-year-old at a plea hearing that the "best-case scenario" is that he will die in prison. ....

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Cheyanne Jessie's case was rarity: Judge overrides jury on death sentence

As Circuit Judge Jalal Harb sat at the bench in a Bartow courtroom on Feb. 5, he held the power to usher Cheyanne Jessie into a unique category. Having been convicted of killing her father and her 6-year-old daughter, Jessie faced the possibility of becoming the first woman sentenced to death in Polk County.
A jury had recommended that Jessie be executed for the fatal shooting and stabbing of her daughter, Meredith, in 2015, while suggesting a life sentence for her father’s murder.
Instead, Harb sentenced Jessie to life for both killings. That decision placed her in another rare category: convicted murderers who have had jury recommendations of a death penalty overridden by a judge. ....

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