UPDATE: A judge sentenced Nikolas Cruz to life in jail without parole onNov 2, per NBCNews He was accountable for the 2018 school shooting in Parkland, Fla.
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A jury has actually spared Nikolas Cruz the capital punishment.
OnOct 13, Judge Elizabeth Scherera revealed that a jury has actually advised Cruz– who shot and eliminated 3 team member and 14 trainees at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, in 2018– serve life in jail without the possibility of parole. This suggestion was for all 17 first-degree murder counts versus the 24- year-old. The jury pondered for less than 24 hours prior to revealing their choice.
After the decisions read, judge Scherera formally set a sentencing date forNov 1. During the November hearing, households of those eliminated in the shooting will be enabled to check out victim effect declarations.
On Valentine’s Day inFeb 2018, a then-19- year-old Cruz shot and eliminated 17 individuals and hurt 17 others after entering his previous school in the Miami residential area with an AR-15 rifle.
