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.
Lawyers for Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz demanded that the judge overseeing his sentencing step down over bias allegations, which would cause an automatic mistrial. The judge refused.
Lawyers trying to help Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz avoid the death penalty suddenly rested their case on Wednesday, choosing not to call dozens of witnesses.
Defense lawyers representing Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz presented evidence of his violent tendencies and years-long fantasies about committing acts of violence against others.
Lawyers representing Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz presented evidence during his death penalty trial that his biological mother abused alcohol and crack while pregnant with him, causing permanent brain damage.
The death penalty trial of Nikolas Cruz, who pleaded guilty to the murders of 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida in 2018, is the rare case where the public has seen the reality of a mass shooting.
A jury has been seated to decide whether Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz will be given the death penalty or sentenced to life in prison for the 2018 shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School that killed 17 people.
The judge in the death penalty phase for convicted Parkland Shooter Nikolas Cruz had to dismiss a panel of 70 potential jurors after one began mouthing something at the defendant and others became "excited."
Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer nullified two weeks of jury selection work over errors she had made in asking some potential jurors questions and not others.
The prosecutor and defense in the Nikolas Cruz case are protesting the judge's plans to finish jury selection in the death penalty phase of Nikolas Cruz's trial.
