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Parkland shooter's penalty trial begins; prosecutor recalls coldness, cruelty

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Jurors must decide whether Nikolas Cruz gets death or life in prison without parole.

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  1. Valdosta Daily Times

    Life or death for Parkland shooter? Trial will take months (opens Valdosta Daily Times)

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    Valdosta Daily Times's feed description

    FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Four years, five months and four days after Nikolas Cruz murdered 17 at Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, his trial for the deadliest U.S.

  2. FOX 35 Orlando

    WATCH: Parkland high school shooter’s penalty trial begins (opens FOX 35 Orlando)

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    FOX 35 Orlando's feed description

    The penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz began on Monday, the deadliest U.S. mass shooting to go before a jury.

  3. WFMZ Allentown

    Penalty phase begins for gunman in 2018 Parkland attack (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    The gunman who attacked the high school in Parkland, Florida, in 2018 has returned to court for the penalty phase of his case. Jurors will decide whether Nikolas Cruz sentenced

  4. Forbes

    ‘Cold’ And ‘Calculated’: Prosecutors Seek Death Penalty For Parkland School Shooter (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    Jurors in the sentencing case of the State of Florida vs. Nikolas Cruz heard opening statements Monday from prosecutors, who want the death penalty, and defense attorneys, who seek life in prison.

  5. KYMA Yuma

    Opening statements begin in Parkland school shooter's death penalty case (opens KYMA Yuma)

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    KYMA Yuma's feed description

    More than four years after Nikolas Cruz killed 17 people at a Parkland, Florida, high school, the penalty phase of his death penalty trial began Monday in a Broward County courtroom.

  6. France 24

    Parkland school shooting suspect faces possible death sentence as trial begins (opens France 24)

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    France 24's feed description

    Four years, five months and four days after Nikolas Cruz murdered 17 at Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, his trial for the deadliest U.S. mass shooting to reach a jury begins Monday with…

  7. ABC 10 Sacramento

    Parkland high school shooter's penalty trial begins (opens ABC 10 Sacramento)

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    ABC 10 Sacramento's feed description

    Jurors must decide whether Nikolas Cruz gets death or life in prison without parole.

  8. The Times of Israel

    Death penalty looms as sentencing begins for gunman in Parkland school shooting (opens The Times of Israel)

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    The Times of Israel's feed description

    Nikolas Cruz pleaded guilty to 17 counts of murder in October; hearings expected to last four months

  9. NBC 6 South Florida

    Live Updates: Parkland School Shooter Death Penalty Trial (opens NBC 6 South Florida)

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    NBC 6 South Florida's feed description

    A jury of seven men and five women will decide whether Nikolas Cruz should get the death penalty for killing 17 people in the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. Those 12 jurors plus 10 alternates were chosen after a nearly three-month process.

  10. Al Jazeera

    Death penalty trial of Parkland high school shooter begins (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    The months-long US trial will decide whether Nikolas Cruz will be executed or sentenced to life without parole.

  11. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Parkland shooter going to trial (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Four years, five months and four days after Nikolas Cruz murdered 17 at Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, his trial for the deadliest U.S. mass shooting to reach a jury begins Monday with opening statements.

  12. Newsweek

    Nikolas Cruz Trial Live Updates: (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    The Parkland school shooter is facing the death penalty after pleading guilty to 17 counts of first-degree murder. Follow Newsweek for the latest.

  13. Fox News

    Parkland school shooting trial: Nikolas Cruz’s defense team delays its opening statements as testimony begins (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    The penalty trial for admitted Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz, who killed 17 people in Parkland in 2018, began on Monday with opening statements and testimony.

  14. The Guardian

    Parkland school shooter’s trial begins as jury weighs death penalty (opens The Guardian)

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    Jury to decide on death penalty or life in prison for gunman who pleaded guilty to murdering 17 people in Florida high school in 2018

  15. Washington Examiner

  16. Fox News

    Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz: Florida trial begins over whether gunman will face death penalty (opens Fox News)

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    The penalty trial for Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz, who killed 17 people in Parkland in 2018, is set to begin on Monday with opening statements and testimony.

  17. Deutsche Welle

    US: Penalty phase starts for Parkland school shooter | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    Jurors are set to decide on a death sentence or life in jail for the 23-year-old who pleaded guilty to killing 14 students and three staff members at a school in Florida in 2018.

  18. NBC 6 South Florida

    Watch Live: Parkland School Shooter Sentencing Trial (opens NBC 6 South Florida)

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    NBC 6 South Florida's feed description

    Watch live from the courtroom as the sentencing trial for Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz begins more than four years after the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. A jury of seven men and five women are deciding whether Cruz should get the death penalty for killing 17 people in th…

  19. KVUE

    Parkland shooter's penalty trial begins; prosecutor recalls coldness, cruelty (opens KVUE)

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    KVUE's feed description

    Jurors must decide whether Nikolas Cruz gets death or life in prison without parole.

  20. Rolling Stone

    Parkland Survivors Relive Shooting at Death Penalty Trial: 'I'm Trying Not to Freak Out' (opens Rolling Stone)

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    Rolling Stone's feed description

    A jury is being asked to determine if Nikolas Cruz, who pleaded guilty to 17 counts of murder, should be sentenced to death or life in prison

  21. Forbes

    ‘They Heard Something They Never Heard Before’–Parkland Shooting Victims Give Harrowing Testimony At Sentencing Trial (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    Prosecutors urged the jury to consider the death penalty against Nikolas Cruz, the gunman who confessed to killing 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018.

  22. KVOA Tucson

    Parkland school shooter was 'cold, calculative, manipulative and deadly,' prosecutors say in death penalty trial (opens KVOA Tucson)

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    KVOA Tucson's feed description

    A state prosecutor leading the case against Nikolas Cruz, the gunman who killed 14 students and three adults at a Parkland, Florida, high school in 2018, laid out the massacre's

  23. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Florida school shooter was cold, prosecutor says (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- The prosecutor seeking the death penalty for the gunman who massacred 17 people at a Parkland, Fla., high school detailed for jurors Monday how Nikolas Cruz coldly mowed down his victims, returning to some as they lay wounded to finish them off with a second volley.

  24. Fox News

    Parkland school shooting trial: 'Things are about to get bad,' gunman warns student (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    A Parkland high school shooting survivor recalled running into Nikolas Cruz moments before the gunman slaughtered 17 people in the 2018 Florida mass murder.

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