A jury is deliberating the fate of the Parkland, Florida, school shooter who killed 17 people and injured 17 others. The jury will recommend either life in prison or sentence the shooter to death.
Nikolas Cruz has been on trial for months for killing 14 students and three staff members at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on February 14, 2018. Attorneys delivered their closing arguments for the case yesterday. A jury must vote unanimously to recommend the death penalty,that he believes there is a"better than even chance" the jury will sentence Cruz to death.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz stands with Assistant Public Defender Nawal Bashimam and sentence mitigation specialist Kate O'Shea as jurors leave the courtroom to begin deliberations in the penalty phase of his trial at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale on October 12. Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg told Newsweek that he believes there is a"better than even chance" the jury will sentence Cruz to death.
Since 1976, 99 inmates have been executed on Florida's death row, including several serial killers like Ted Bundy, Gary Bowles and Aileen Wuornos. It takes years for a death row inmate to be executed, as their attorneys exhaust every appeal process before execution. Aronberg said this delays closure for the families of the victims.
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