Coverage dated October 9, 2022 to October 14, 2022

Parkland Shooter's Life Sentence Could Bring Changes to Florida Law

Headline from NBC 6 South Florida

The life sentence about to be imposed on Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz could bring changes to the state’s death penalty law. Until recently, Florida law allowed the imposition of a death sentence if a majority of the jury agreed. But after the U.S.

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  1. CBS News

    Why the Parkland school shooter may have talked himself into a death sentence: "One of the state's best witnesses" (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    The jury will likely decide Cruz's fate this week. For the 24-year-old to get a death sentence, the jury must be unanimous on at least one victim.

  2. NPR

    Jurors in Florida will consider the death penalty for the Parkland school shooter (opens NPR)

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    NPR's feed description

    Attorneys in the Parkland school shooting trial gave closing arguments. The jury will decide whether Nikolas Cruz will be sentenced to death or spend life in prison for the murder of 17 people.

  3. France 24

    Florida jury recommends Parkland shooter get life in jail for US school massacre (opens France 24)

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    France 24's feed description

    A US jury on Thursday rejected the death penalty for Nikolas Cruz, who shot and killed 17 people at his former Florida high school, opting instead for life imprisonment without the chance of parole.

  4. Richmond Times-Dispatch

    Parkland school shooter to get life sentence for killing 17 (opens Richmond Times-Dispatch)

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    Richmond Times-Dispatch's feed description

    A jury has rejected the death penalty for the shooter in the 2018 massacre that left 17 dead in Parkland, Florida. He will get life in prison.

  5. KRDO

    Parkland school shooter avoids the death penalty after jury recommends life in prison (opens KRDO)

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    KRDO's feed description

    By Dakin Andone, Amir Vera and Alta Spells, CNN [Breaking news update, published at 11:43 a.m. ET] A jury has recommended that Nikolas Cruz be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the February 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, wh…

  6. The Times of Israel

    Unable to agree on death penalty, jury hands Parkland school shooter life sentence (opens The Times of Israel)

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    The Times of Israel's feed description

    Nikolas Cruz pleaded guilty last year to murdering 14 students and three staff members at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018

  7. Fox7 Austin

    'Stunned, devastated': Parents of Parkland victims react to shooter's life sentence (opens Fox7 Austin)

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    Fox7 Austin's feed description

    "What do we have the death penalty for?" one Parkland parent questioned after the jury could not unanimously agree on a death sentence for shooter Nikolas Cruz, who killed 17 people.

  8. Deutsche Welle

    US: Florida jury requests death penalty for 2018 Parkland high school shooter | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    A jury in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, has asked that Nikolas Cruz be given the death penalty for carrying out a deadly 2018 shooting at Marjorie Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, that killed 17 people.

  9. Courthouse News Service

    Jury gives Parkland school shooter life without parole (opens Courthouse News Service)

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    Courthouse News Service's feed description

    Families of the victims lamented the jury’s decision not to hand down the death penalty.

  10. Deutsche Welle

    US: Jury reaches verdict in sentencing of Parkland shooter | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    US media outlets report that a Florida jury has reached a verdict on the fate of Nikolas Cruz in a 2018 shooting that killed 17 people. They are expected to announce their decision to a judge soon.

  11. MyNorthwest

    Jury reaches decision on sentence of Parkland school shooter (opens MyNorthwest)

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    MyNorthwest's feed description

    FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) -- A jury said Thursday that it has reached a decision on whether to recommend that Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz be

  12. KTVB Boise

    Jury declines to recommend death sentence for Parkland school shooter (opens KTVB Boise)

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    KTVB Boise's feed description

    The jury foreman told a local news outlet that more than one juror voted for life in prison instead of the death penalty.

  13. Charleston Gazette-Mail

    Parkland school shooter spared from execution for killing 17 (opens Charleston Gazette-Mail)

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    Charleston Gazette-Mail's feed description

    Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz will be sentenced to life without parole for the 2018 massacre of 17 people at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. That sentence comes after

  14. Newsweek

    Parkland School Shooter Trial Live Updates: Jury reaches verdict (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    After one day of deliberations, the jury has reached a verdict in the penalty trial of Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz. Follow for the latest.

  15. The Times of Israel

  16. Washington Examiner

    Jury recommends life sentence, not death penalty, for Parkland school shooter (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    A 12-person jury ruled to recommend a life sentence, and not the death penalty, for the Parkland school shooter on Thursday. Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer will make the final decision on whether Nikolas Cruz will receive the death penalty or spend life in prison.

  17. WOGX Ocala

    Parkland shooting verdict: Florida leaders react to jury recommending life in prison for Nikolas Cruz (opens WOGX Ocala)

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    WOGX Ocala's feed description

    After a Florida jury rejected the death penalty and recommended life in prison without parole for Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz, state leaders and lawmakers are speaking out.

  18. Fox7 Austin

    Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz sentenced to (opens Fox7 Austin)

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    Fox7 Austin's feed description

    The jury has reached a decision on whether to recommend life in prison or the death penalty for Nikolas Cruz, who killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

  19. Triblive

    Explainer: What's next in the Parkland school shooter trial? (opens Triblive)

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    Triblive's feed description

    FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The jurors who will decide whether Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz is sentenced to death or life without parole concluded their first day of deliberations Wednesday as the three-month trial nears its conclusion.

  20. Fox26 Houston

    Life or death? Parkland school shooter jury reaches verdict (opens Fox26 Houston)

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    Fox26 Houston's feed description

    A jury said Thursday that it has reached a decision on whether to recommend that Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz be executed for the 2018 massacre that killed 17 people at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

  21. 13News Now Norfolk

    What's next in the Parkland school shooter trial? (opens 13News Now Norfolk)

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    13News Now Norfolk's feed description

    The jury will decide if Nikolas Cruz will spend life in prison or get the death penalty. Deliberations could last hours or days — no one knows.

  22. Newsweek

    Jury stops short of death penalty for Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    A unanimous decision was required for the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter to be recommended for death.

  23. Forbes

    Parkland Jury Verdict: Life In Prison For Gunman Nikolas Cruz (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    Cruz killed 17 students and teachers in the Parkland school shooting.

  24. NPR

    Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz is sentenced to life in prison (opens NPR)

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    NPR's feed description

    Fourteen students and three staff members were killed in the rampage at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Valentine's Day in 2018. Cruz, 24, pleaded guilty last year to first-degree murder.

  25. FOX 35 Orlando

    Nikolas Cruz: Jury reaches decision on sentence of Parkland school shooter (opens FOX 35 Orlando)

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    FOX 35 Orlando's feed description

    A jury said Thursday that it has reached a decision on whether to recommend that Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz be executed for the 2018 massacre that killed 17 people at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

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