The trial, being held at the Broward County Courthouse, comes after the gunman has already pleaded guilty to carrying out one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history when he was 19.
The trial, being held at the Broward County Courthouse, comes after Cruz has already pleaded guilty to carrying out one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history when he was 19. The jury of seven men and five women is being asked to decide whether Cruz, now 23, should receive the death penalty or be sentenced to life in prison for his crimes.
“Hello, my name is Nick. I am going to be the next school shooter of 2018,” he said on the video, according to Satz. “My goal is at least 20 people with an AR-15 and some tracer rounds. It’s going to be a big event, and when you see me on the news, you will know who I am. You are all going to die.” But Cruz’s legal team is expected to ask jurors to spare his life because he had turbulent family upbringing and had been receiving mental health counseling. Cruz’s mother died in 2017, and he had been living with a foster family when he carried out his attack.During her opening instructions to the jury, Scherer said under Florida law jurors will first have to unanimously decide if Cruz’s attack included one of seven possible “aggravating factors” for a capital crime.
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