Families get final say before Florida school shooter is sentenced
A two-day hearing is scheduled to begin Tuesday that will conclude with Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer formally sentencing Cruz for the Parkland school shooting.
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A two-day hearing is scheduled to begin Tuesday that will conclude with Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer formally sentencing Cruz for the Parkland school shooting.
The gunman who killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is scheduled to be sentenced to life in prison without parole.
As the Parkland school shooter awaits his sentence, here's a look at what his life in prison will be like
Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz has been behind bars since February 14, 2018, the day he murdered 17 people. In the 4 and a half years since, the Broward Sheriff's Office says it has cost the agency over $2.5 million to house and supervise the confessed killer. Meanwhile, the state of Florida spent more than $2 million prosecuting Cruz.
Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz will be sentenced to life in prison this week — but not before the families of the 17 people he murdered get the chance to tell him what they think.