Nikolas Cruz

FORT LAUDERDALE - More families of those who died in the 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, and those who survived the attack, ...

The suspect in the 2019 massacre of 23 at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, is awaiting trial. He is not a victim of mental health issues. The murderer is not a victim of drinking during pregnancy. is a dramatic change for anyone," he said. The two have had a testy and sometimes hostile relationship since pretrial hearings. Anthony Montalto III, whose older sister, 14-year-old Gina, was murdered by a bullet fired point-blank into her chest, said he was at the neighboring middle school and heard the gunshots. "To add insult to murder he was even arrogant enough to plan a disguise believing that he'd be able to escape his actions while my sister lay dying on a dirty classroom floor." She took no action against the families. He was arrested an hour later. "How could you sit there listening and say this is not the worst of the worst? Even sicker to dwell on the desire and craft a plan and unimaginably evil to execute that plan, which didn't just hurt people but ended lives," she said. He had been

Judge has no choice but to impose life without parole as jury cannot unanimously agree Nikolas Cruz deserves to die.

“Where was your remorse when you saw my father injured and bleeding on the floor and decided to shoot him for a third time?” Hixon told Cruz. He is not a victim of mental health issues. is a dramatic change for anyone,” he said. “To go from a younger brother to an only child ... Anthony Montalto III, whose older sister, 14-year-old Gina, was murdered by a bullet fired point-blank into her chest, said he was at the neighboring middle school and heard the shots. Even sicker to dwell on the desire and craft a plan and unimaginably evil to execute that plan, which didn’t just hurt people but ended lives,” Petty said.

Parkland School shooter Nikolas Cruz will be sentenced to life, not death, today, but not before the families of his 17 victims get the final word.

While Ilan works to keep his daughter's memory alive, Cruz will "remain in a cage like the creature" he is, the father said. She read aloud the names of the 17 who died. He got none of that Wednesday, as the first of the day's speakers skewered him in the courtroom He'll leave the courtroom in handcuffs and with the memory of her face in his mind. Alyssa Alhadeff's mother, Lori, said she would have done anything for her daughter — including running into the Stoneman Douglas freshman building to confront the killer herself. She picked apart the image of Cruz built by his attorneys, one wracked with mental illness and brain damage. "I'm sorry your heart knows nothing of warmth," she said. She once blamed society for creating the hatred in him, but her feelings have since morphed. Schentrup said she misses her daughter's silly jokes, her eagerness to follow her older brother's footsteps and her command of the crowd when playing the violin, even though she had stage fright. She won't let anyone see the light in her that Joaquin saw. The list goes on, she said. Victoria Gonzalez, the girlfriend of Joaquin Oliver, took her place at the podium afterward.

The sentence, handed down by Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer, was a formality after a jury last month voted to spare Cruz of the death penalty.

The stories of the victims' execution were retold in graphic detail over the course of the three-month trial. "This should have been the death penalty one hundred percent," said Alyssa's mother, Lori Alhadeff. Cruz, who was 19 at the time of the massacre and now 24, pleaded guilty in 2021 to killing 17 people and wounding 17 others at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. Three students died by suicide in the aftermath of the shooting, Fuentes told him. Alyssa Alhadeff's parents said they didn’t doubt their daughter’s killer would be sentenced to death. Annika Dworet, whose 17-year-old son Nicholas was killed in the shooting, asked what crime, if not Cruz's, could warrant the death penalty. history, in which Cruz shot and killed 17 people and injured others at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. "Are you freaking kidding me?" Cruz has been charged with 17 counts of murder. When he pleaded guilty, Cruz asked for forgiveness. "Ask me if I feel sorry for Mr. [spare Cruz of the death penalty](https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/nation/2022/10/13/vpc-parkland-shparkland-school-shooter-nikolas-cruz-gets-life-without-parole-jury-declines-death-pen/10486859002/).

Nikolas Cruz gets 17 life terms for the 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school that left 17 dead.

“You deserve the opportunity of knowing that justice will prevail at some point, causing you great anguish, minute by minute, day by day.” “From what I hear, child killers are highly frowned upon and hated in prison,” Beigel Schulman said to Cruz. “That’s real justice for you.”

Several families of victims were disappointed the gunman did not receive the death penalty.

He is a sociopath that does not deserve to live amongst us. "I can tell you they will not be forgotten." They tried, but they could not change his determination to inflict pain upon anything he touched, whether it was animals or humans. There are so many people in this country who suffer from mental illness — they're not going out and torturing and murdering people." high school, including 17 murder counts and 17 counts of attempted first-degree murder. [a 12-person jury's decision](https://www.axios.com/2022/10/13/parkland-shooter-nikolas-cruz-verdict) to recommend life in prison instead of the death penalty.

US judge sentences Cruz to life without parole for 2018 attack at Stoneman Douglas High School that killed 17 people.

The FBI said the settlements did not amount to an admission of fault. “I wish no peace for you,” said Ines Hixon, whose father-in-law, school athletics director Chris Hixon, was killed in the attack. “I wish nothing but pain.

Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz formally received a sentence of life without parole Wednesday after families of his 17 slain victims spent two days ...

"From what I hear, child killers are highly frowned upon and hated in prison," Beigel Schulman said to Cruz. Families and the wounded spent two days verbally thrashing Cruz, wishing him a painful demise and lamenting that he could not be sentenced to death. "Your Honor should be maintaining the decorum in this courtroom." Fred Guttenberg, the father of 14-year-old victim Jaime Guttenberg, lamented how he would never walk his daughter down the aisle. "That’s real justice for you." Some parents and other family members wept as she read.

Cruz mercilessly killed 14 students and 3 teachers on Valentine's Day in 2018 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School with an AR-15 rifle — spraying defenseless ...

Even more so now that he has escaped being punished to the fullest extent of the law as I believe he should have been, knowing that he gets to live out the rest of his natural life. “I can tell you that they will not be forgotten.” “It will continue to do so for the rest of my life. The killer’ defense team contended that his traumatic upbringing was a mitigating factor in the case and that a life term was appropriate. “I want to thank the family members for the privilege of learning about each and every one of your loved ones,” she said. Parkland killer Nikolas Cruz was given 17 life sentences, one for each of his victims, for committing one of the worst

A jury in Florida voted to spare Nikolas Cruz from the death penalty last month, instead choosing life in prison without the possibility of parole.

[voted to spare Nikolas Cruz from the death penalty](https://news.sky.com/story/florida-jury-recommends-life-in-prison-for-school-gunman-nikolas-cruz-over-2018-parkland-massacre-of-17-people-12719535) last month, instead choosing life in prison without the possibility of parole. He had apologised for his crimes and asked to be given a life sentence without the possibility of parole in order to dedicate his lie to helping others. A jury in Florida voted to spare Nikolas Cruz from the death penalty last month, instead choosing life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz has been sentenced for the US massacre after the families of his 17 victims told him he was 'pure evil'.

Some of the survivors went on to organise a youth-led movement for tighter gun regulations in the United States, which has the highest rate of private gun ownership in the world and where mass shootings have become recurrent. He had been expelled from the school. A number of victims’ relatives castigated the jury’s decision and criticised a state law requirement that all 12 jurors be unanimous in order to sentence a convicted person to be executed.