Speaking at Cruz but refusing to say his name, he said he hopes “other prisoners you will encounter in your new life will inflict that pain upon you, hopefully 17 times over again, until you are screaming for mercy, just like your victims.” “This creature has no redeemable value,” said Max Schachter, whose 14-year-old son Alex died when he was shot through a classroom window. The two-day hearing will conclude Wednesday when Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer formally sentences him to life without parole. Most decried that his jury voted 9-3 for death but did not reach the unanimity required under state law for that sentence to be imposed.Ĭruz, 24, stared back at them, dressed in a bright red jail jumpsuit, showing no emotion behind a COVID-19 face mask. They looked the shackled killer in the eye and gave vehement, angry and sometimes tearful statements. (AP) - Families of the 17 children and staff members Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz murdered cursed him to hell, wished him a painful death and called him a coward Tuesday as they got their one chance to address him directly before he is sentenced to life in prison.įor hours, parents, wives, siblings, children and some of the 17 Cruz also wounded at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Valentine’s Day 2018 stood 20 feet (6 meters) from him.
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