In the second day of victim impact statements, families of students and teachers killed by Nikolas Cruz at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018 continued to openly wish for him to meet a violent end.
Before Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz can be officially sentenced to life in prison, victims and family members of victims had the chance to front him — and, with the judge's permission, his lawyers — in court.
Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz, who narrowly avoided being sentenced to death for killing 17 people, is not expected to speak at the two-day hearing that will mark the formal end of the sentencing process.
A motion was filed by prosecutors to force law enforcement to investigation one Nikolas Cruz death penalty phase juror who said she voted for the controversial life sentence but felt threatened in the jury room.
Jurors unanimously decided after weeks of testimony that Nikolas Cruz, who killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018, should receive a sentence of life in prison.
Prosecutors showed the jury at the penalty trial for Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz a video of the defendant explaining how he was trying to ruin Valentine's Day for students in perpetuity.
Prosecutors presented evidence that Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz's supposed symptoms of fetal alcohol syndrome were incompatible with the speed at which he committed the massacre.
The prosecution used witness testimony about Nikolas Cruz's racist and sexist behavior before the Parkland school shooting to argue he is a sociopath, not suffering from fetal alcohol syndrome.
