A jury delivered a sentence of life in prison Thursday for Parkland school killer Nikolas Cruz, after he murdered 14 students and three teachers in one of the deadliest and most merciless mass slaughters in the nation’s history.
Emotions rode high in the courtroom, with the bereaved parents of many children killed by Cruz crying and holding their heads in their hands as the verdicts were read out by Judge Elizabeth Scherer.
Cruz pleaded guilty to the killings in 2021, so the jury was tasked with deciding whether he would get the death penalty.
Its verdict was that while the state had proved Cruz’s actions were enough to warrant the death penalty, “mitigating circumstances” presented at trial led the panel to opt for life in prison.
Cruz will be officially sentenced by Scherer on Nov. 1.
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