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Commentary: Parkland and the flawed argument against capital punishment

Jurors recently handed down their decision in the sentencing trial of Nikolas Cruz, the man who murdered 17 people, mostly children, in the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in 2018 in Parkland, Florida. They opted against the death penalty, choosing instead to give Cruz life in prison without parole.

Chicago Tribune

The Parkland shooter's life sentence could bring changes to Florida law

Until 2016, Florida law allowed trial judges to impose a death sentence if a majority of the jurors agreed. But now, anything less than 12-0 means an automatic sentence of life without parole.

WEKU

Editorial: A jury that acted without fear or favor

The crucial question at the Parkland killer’s sentencing trial wasn’t expressed in so many words on the elaborate verdict forms that took more than an hour to read in court Thursday.

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Parkland shooter's life sentence could bring changes to law

The life sentence about to be imposed on Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz could bring changes to the state's death penalty law

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‘A crime may have been committed’ in Parkland trial jury room, prosecutors say

Tribune News Service

Parkland verdict - live: Juror ‘threatened’ during deliberation over Nikolas Cruz sentence

Tensions boiled over in the jury room, according to a new court filing

The Independent UK

British mother of girl killed in Parkland school massacre condemns verdict as gunman spared death penalty

Anne Ramsay, whose 17-year-old daughter was among victims of killer Nikolas Cruz, does not believe justice was done

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After Parkland shooter gets life verdict, what’s next for the death penalty in Florida?

MIAMI — A jury’s decision to hand out a life sentence for Parkland mass killer Nikolas Cruz will make it even more difficult to secure death sentences in the future — and could also spur Florida lawmakers to consider changing the state’s capital punishment law, legal experts say.

Miami Herald

Jury rejects death sentence for Parkland school shooter in all 17 murders

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Broward County jury showed mercy Thursday to a heartless killer who didn’t know the meaning of the word as he stalked the hallways of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School more than four years ago, viciously ending the lives of 17 innocent people.

Tribune News Service

‘They did not receive justice today’: Families stunned, angered, disgusted by jury's decision to spare life of Parkland gunman

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — It has been 1,702 days since they last looked into the eyes of their child, their spouse, but the families of 17 students and staff killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018 finally got their moment of reckoning.

Tribune News Service

Parkland survivors demand Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School be torn down after Nikolas Cruz verdict

‘They better tear that building down today,’ former student says

The Independent UK

White House says Parkland verdict ‘brought a measure of justice and accountability’

A Florida jury’s decision to recommend life in prison for the shooter who killed 17 students and faculty at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School drew strong reaction from the families who lost sons, daughters and spouses in the attack, many of whom were outraged that the jury rejected the death…

Miami Herald

‘Robbed of Justice’: Families shocked as mass shooter avoids death penalty

Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz has avoided the death penalty after a jury recommended life without the possibility of parole.

The New Daily

Victims of the 2018 Parkland, Florida, high school massacre

A jury has recommended a sentence of life without parole for the attacker in the 2018 shooting massacre that left 17 people dead at a high school in Parkland, Florida

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The Loop: January 6 committee votes to subpoena Donald Trump for testimony, Parkland shooter spared death penalty for murder — as it happened

What Australia is searching for and all the news that happened while you snoozed: This is The Loop, your quick catch-up of this morning's key stories.

Evening Standard

Families’ anger as Parkland school shooter avoids death penalty

Families of victims from the Parkland high school shooting have expressed their frustration after the gunman Nikolas Cruz was spared the death penalty.

Al Jazeera

Florida jury recommends Parkland shooter serve life in prison

Jury says Nicolas Cruz should not get the death penalty for the murder of 17 students and staff at US high school.

The Independent UK

Nikolas Cruz verdict came down to single juror who voted against death penalty, Parkland victim’s father says

Survivors and relatives of the 17 Parkland victims shook their heads as the verdict was read out

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The Independent UK

Parkland victims remembered four years on as hero’s widow opens up about the trauma

Chris Hixon was murdered along with 16 other people in the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Valentine’s Day 2018. His widow Debbi Hixon tells Rachel Sharp how she hopes the sentencing trial of his killer will finally enable her family to start to grieve

Salon

Parkland jury rejects death penalty

"At least one juror, and all it took was one, was persuaded by the defense plea for mercy"

The Independent UK

‘He’s an animal’: Furious Parkland families hit out after Nikolas Cruz spared death penalty

‘I’m stunned. I’m devastated. There are 17 victims that did not receive justice today,’ Fred Guttenberg says

Tribune News Service

Parkland gunman gets mercy from jury with life prison sentences for school shooting

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — He doesn’t deserve to die.

Tribune News Service

Jury offers mercy, rejects death sentence on all 17 counts for Parkland school shooter

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — After a heart-wrenching three months reliving one of America’s most heinous crimes, a jury Thursday showed mercy to the Parkland school shooter, rejecting a death sentence and recommending he spend life in prison.

The Guardian - US

Parkland shooter gets life in prison for deadliest US high school massacre

Nikolas Cruz pleaded guilty a year ago to killing 14 students and three staff members at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school

Axios

Jury recommends life without parole for Parkland shooter

The death penalty was on the table, but the jury would've had to reach that decision unanimously.

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