Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz was sentenced to life in prison without parole in the 2018 shooting that left 17 people killed.
Throughout the testimony this week, the gunman remained emotionless, wearing a red prison jumpsuit and eyeglasses. He also wore a medical mask, though he removed it Wednesday after Jennifer Guttenberg, the mother of 14-year-old victim Jaime, told him it was disrespectful.
Geography teacher Scott Beigel, 35; wrestling coach Chris Hixon, 49; and assistant football coach Aaron Feis, 37, also were killed.The life sentence fell short of what many of those Cruz wounded and the families of those he killed wanted. Some said in testimony this week it indicated the jury gave more weight to his life than to the lives of the 17 dead.
"I was rooting for you silently in my desk. You had no idea who I was and I was rooting for you," Gonzalez said. "Because I felt like you needed someone or you needed something. And I could feel that." "You are spineless and soulless monster. My son Scott was a human being -- he still is -- something you will never be and never were," Schulman said.
That led the defense to object, including Broward County Public Defender Gordon Weekes, who asked Scherer Tuesday to direct the state to encourage witnesses not to make statements to or about the lawyers. They were just doing their jobs as the law provides all criminal defendants a right to legal representation, he said.
Which facility is determined by factors including the seriousness of the offense, the length of sentence and the inmate's prior criminal record, per the Florida State Department of Corrections website. Typically, those convicted of the most serious offenses or with the longest sentences are placed in the most secure facilities, the website says.
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