Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz formally received a sentence of life without parole Wednesday after families of his 17 slain victims spent two days berating him as evil, a coward, a monster and a subhuman.
The jury foreman said three of the jurors ultimately voted for life in prison, with one of them being a "hard no" on the death penalty and another two ultimately choosing to vote against it as well.school shooter Nikolas Cruz formally received a sentence of life without parole Wednesday after families of his 17 slain victims spent two days berating him as evil, a coward, a monster and a subhuman.
Stacey Lippel was a teacher at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Valentine's Day, 2018, and was wounded in the mass shooting. During Tuesday's sentencing hearing, she addressed Nikolas Cruz directly, telling him, "The only comfort I have is that your life in prison will be filled with horror and fear. So my hope for you is that you die sooner rather than later."
The sentencing came after two days' worth of parents, wives, siblings and others of slain victims and some of the surviving wounded walking to a lectern 20 feet to address him face to face.The judge commended the families and wounded who testified, calling them strong, graceful and patient.The sentence came after more loved ones of the 17 people murdered got their chance after almost five years to verbally thrash Cruz face-to-face.
"Real justice would be done if every family here were given a bullet and your AR-15 and we got to pick straws, and each one of us got to shoot one at a time at you, making sure that you felt every bit of it, and your fear continued to mount until the last family member who pulled that last straw had the privilege of making sure that they killed you," Beigel Schulman said. "That’s real justice for you."Parkland shooter trial: $2.
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