Parkland Shooter , Sentenced to Life in Prison , Without Parole.
On November 3, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz was formally sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
On November 3, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz was formally sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
24-year-old Cruz, who killed 17 people in the 2018 mass shooting, will be transferred to a federal prison where he will remain until his death.
24-year-old Cruz, who killed 17 people in the 2018 mass shooting, will be transferred to a federal prison where he will remain until his death.
Yahoo News reports that the sentencing came one day after family members of the victims were allowed to directly address Cruz in court.
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Yahoo News reports that the sentencing came one day after family members of the victims were allowed to directly address Cruz in court.
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Many of the family members wished Cruz a painful death and expressed their hopes that he would suffer greatly while in prison.
Many of the family members wished Cruz a painful death and expressed their hopes that he would suffer greatly while in prison.
The two-day hearing concluded a three-month sentencing trial filled with emotional testimony and graphic videos from the tragedy and its aftermath.
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The two-day hearing concluded a three-month sentencing trial filled with emotional testimony and graphic videos from the tragedy and its aftermath.
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Cruz, who was 19 years old at the time of the shooting, fired 140 shots during the seven-minute assault which he had planned for seven months.
Cruz, who was 19 years old at the time of the shooting, fired 140 shots during the seven-minute assault which he had planned for seven months.
Last year, Cruz pleaded guilty to all charges against him.
Last month, a 12-member jury recommended Cruz be sentenced to life in prison without parole after failing to reach the unanimity required to sentence him to death.
Last month, a 12-member jury recommended Cruz be sentenced to life in prison without parole after failing to reach the unanimity required to sentence him to death.
Cruz's lawyers argued that his mother's excessive drinking and drug use during pregnancy left him with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
The shooting was the deadliest mass shooting to ever go to trial in the United States.
