KYIV. UkraineGate . 3 . November . 2022 | World News .
Shooter Nicholas Cruz, who is accused of premeditated murder of 17 people in a school shooting in the city of Parkland in the US state of Florida in 2018, has officially received life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.
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Cruz showed no emotion when District Judge Elizabeth Scherer announced her life sentence. Some parents and other family members of the murdered were crying as she spoke. When the judge finished the speech and Cruz was led out of the courtroom, one father said, “It’s good that we got rid of it.” Then they all hugged.
As noted, on Oct. 13, a jury voted 9 to 3 to sentence him to death, but Florida law requires unanimity to reach a sentencing.
Last year, 23-year-old Nicholas Cruz pleaded guilty to killing 17 people: “I am very sorry about what I did and I have to put up with it every day. If I had a second chance, I would do everything in my power to help others,” the shooter said, addressing the judge and the families of the victims.
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In 2018, on the campus of Parkland High School (Florida), 23-year-old Nicholas Cruz staged a school shooting, 17 people died.
The trial took place in the city of Fort Lauderdale. Cruz was charged with attempted murder and premeditated murder on a total of 34 counts.
What is known about the arrow
Nicholas Cruz was expelled from school in 2017. Three months before the tragedy, the new moon became an orphan – his adoptive mother died. Also, a few years before the shooting, his father died of a heart attack. Nicholas and his younger brother were transferred to the care of a family friend.
One of the relatives said that after that, the shooter began to have psychological problems: “Perhaps he was taking medication.” Cruz’s lawyers describe his client as a “deeply depressed, emotionally broken” young man.
Source: Ukrgate
