Parkland School shooter, Nikolas Cruz, has avoided the death penalty, after a jury recommended life imprisonment instead
Parkland school shooter, Nikolas Cruz, has avoided the death penalty, after a jury recommended he spend the remainder of his life behind bars instead.
Cruz will not face the death penalty, after killing 17 people at Florida’s Stoneman Douglas High School.
As the recommendation was delivered, families’ of the victims appeared visibly upset.
The father of a 14 year old victim, Dr. Iian Alhadeff, spoke of his disappointment after the jury’s recommendation.
The father of Parkland victim Jaime Guttenberg, Fred Guttenberg, says he has to visit his daughter at the cemetery every day.
Florida’s Governor Ron DeSantis also slammed the Jury’s recommendation for Cruz.
The 24-year-old Parkland school shooter pleaded guilty to all 17 counts of murder. His defence argued he was mentally unstable at the time of the shootings.
But prosecutors argued he premeditated and planned the entire attack.
Now, it will be up to the Judge to issue a formal sentence on November 1. However, she cannot go against the jury’s recommendations.