Why the Parkland gunman was spared the death penalty
A Florida jury's decision left relatives angry and upset - but was a result of the state's death penalty law.
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A Florida jury's decision left relatives angry and upset - but was a result of the state's death penalty law.
The Parkland school shooter has avoided the death penalty after a jury recommended he be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the February 2018 massacre at Florida's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School -- a move that left some of the victims' loved ones disappointed and angry.
Jurors on Thursday declined to recommend a death sentence for Nikolas Cruz, the Parkland school gunman who killed 17 people in 2018.
(PARKLAND, Fla.) -- Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz has been spared the death penalty and sentenced to life in prison by a Florida jury for carrying out the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that claimed 17 lives. Cruz pleaded guilty last year to 17 counts of first-degree murder and 17 counts of attempted
The victim told the state attorney's office she was allegedly threatened during deliberations.