Nikolas Cruz

Prosecutors opened Nikolas Cruz's death penalty trial on Monday by delivering a chilling minute-by-minute timeline of how Cruz killed 17 people at Marjory ...

The prosecutor also argued that Cruz committed his crime during a burglary because he was a former student who was not authorized to be on school grounds. Anything about his therapy, and anything about his care.” Cruz’s mother died in 2017, and he had been living with a foster family when he carried out his attack. Anything about his childhood. As Satz outlined prosecutors’ case, Cruz fidgeted with a notepad and scrawled notes to his attorneys. The sentencing portion of Cruz’s trial comes as the United States reels from a spate of mass shootings that have renewed the debate around gun laws and sparked furor as people are shot dead at places meant to be safe — including schools. During his opening statement, Satz presented the aggravating factors that he said prosecutors will use to argue in favor of capital punishment. After the Parkland shooting, some of the parents of the victims joined with Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students to launch a nationwide campaign for stricter gun laws. “Hello, my name is Nick. I am going to be the next school shooter of 2018,” he said on the video, according to Satz. “My goal is at least 20 people with an AR-15 and some tracer rounds. Satz also told jurors that they will hear evidence about how Cruz, a former student at the school, had been planning his attack for months. The jury of seven men and five women is being asked to decide whether Cruz, now 23, should receive the death penalty or be sentenced to life in prison for his crimes. Cruz, who was armed with an assault-style rifle and wearing a tactical vest, fired 139 rounds during his rampage on Feb. 14, 2018.

In a Florida court Monday, lawyers for Nikolas Cruz, who killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018, will ask a jury to spare his life ...

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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, ...

The court spent weeks whittling down a pool of hundreds of potential jurors to a group of 12 jurors and 10 alternates. But state Judge Elizabeth Scherer denied the motion, saying shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde had not compromised court proceedings or his ability to get a fair trial. "She obviously did that on purpose to get out of jury selection," the judge said, according to the TV station. A defendant in Florida deemed guilty of a capital offense undergoes a separate phase of court proceedings to determine the sentence. The penalty phase could include jurors visiting the scene of the mass shooting, according to court documents. She took several videos of the shooting, and the audio from those were played in court Monday. Dylan Kraemer, another Stoneman Douglas student in 2018, said he was in classroom 1214 in a class titled "History of the Holocaust" when he heard gunshots. Someone in the courtroom could be heard yelling, "Shut it off!" After several minutes, police arrive at the room and treat the injured. She called 911, but "they couldn't hear me over the sound of the gunshots," she said. The prosecution began opening statements with a detailed timeline of the attack. In court, Cruz sat silently during the proceedings, wearing large glasses, a black face mask, a collared shirt and a sweater.

Follow the New York Post's live coverage of the sentencing trial for Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz, who faces the death penalty in Florida.

However, the panelists said under oath during selection that they are capable of voting for either sentence. Prosecutors played a video of the events in Kraemer's classroom, which depicted multiple loud gunshots over frightened shouts of "Oh s--t!" It's cold, calculated, manipulative and deadly," Satz said, ending his opening statements. He was turned down, however, and arrested soon afterward. Cruz's legal team had the chance to also make its opening statement Monday, but chose to wait until after the prosecution case has been presented. "Eventually the shooter started shooting through the window [in the door] and bullets were flying through," he said. during a video of the shooting played as part of ex-student Dylan Kraemer's testimony. Gilbert cried as she watched the video from the stand. "Talk to me, please!" The trial is expected to last about four months. I'm very scared," she posted. "Hello? You still there?"

El 29 de junio, la Corte juró a los 12 jurados a los que se les pedirá que sopesen cuidadosamente las pruebas en la fase de pena del juicio de Nikolas Cruz ...

- Un hombre que trabaja en un negocio familiar, “más específicamente estamos en el negocio de exportación y distribución”. Esta es la segunda vez en su carrera que forma parte de una empresa familiar. - Un oficial de inmigración y ex militar de los Estados Unidos. Dijo que se unió al ejército y sirvió de 2013 a 2016. - Una mujer que es investigadora principal de cumplimiento para una gran empresa de dispositivos médicos. Anteriormente trabajó en finanzas y contabilidad. - Técnico informático de Miami-Dade desde hace 13 años y padre de tres niños pequeños. Cuando se le preguntó durante la selección del jurado si pensaba que estaba bien que un niño de 12, 13 o 14 años jugara al videojuego de disparos en primera persona “Call of Duty”, dijo: “El juego es más para la historia, es más como ver una película, como una película militar. Ella dijo que ha tenido una buena experiencia con profesionales de salud mental porque, “He utilizado la consejería de salud mental. El tribunal puede considerar sólo un factor agravante que fue unánimemente encontrado que existe por Dijo que cuando sus hijos eran pequeños, trabajaba a tiempo parcial y que había trabajado en la administración de la iglesia. - Una mujer que ha estado trabajando como trabajadora bibliotecaria de Broward durante los últimos cuatro años. Anteriormente trabajó en la compra de un municipio. El juez les indicó que no leyeran ni hablaran sobre el caso. También le dijo a la corte que tiene experiencia como asistente ejecutivo paralegal en una firma de lesiones personales. - Un oficial de libertad condicional que comenzó la academia en 2019. - Un ex oficial militar francés que ha trabajado en el sector financiero durante los últimos 20 años. Llegó a Florida hace poco más de un año desde Boston. Su cónyuge también trabaja en finanzas.

The gunman who killed 14 students and three adults at a Parkland, Florida, high school in 2018 was "cold, calculative, manipulative and deadly" in carrying ...

The court spent weeks whittling down a pool of hundreds of potential jurors to a group of 12 jurors and 10 alternates. But state Judge Elizabeth Scherer denied the motion, saying shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde had not compromised court proceedings or his ability to get a fair trial. "She obviously did that on purpose to get out of jury selection," the judge said, according to the TV station. A defendant in Florida deemed guilty of a capital offense undergoes a separate phase of court proceedings to determine the sentence. The penalty phase could include jurors visiting the scene of the mass shooting, according to court documents. She took several videos of the shooting, and the audio from those were played in court Monday. Dylan Kraemer, another Stoneman Douglas student in 2018, said he was in classroom 1214 in a class titled "History of the Holocaust" when he heard gunshots. Someone in the courtroom could be heard yelling, "Shut it off!" After several minutes, police arrive at the room and treat the injured. She called 911, but "they couldn't hear me over the sound of the gunshots," she said. The prosecution began opening statements with a detailed timeline of the attack. In court, Cruz sat silently during the proceedings, wearing large glasses, a black face mask, a collared shirt and a sweater.

Nikolas Cruz faces life in prison without parole, or the death penalty for killing 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in February 2018.

The 45-year-old, a former Broward County prosecutor, has been the subject of scrutiny since she was assigned to Cruz's trial in 2018. Melisa McNeill, who was appointed as chief assistant public defender to the Broward County Major Crimes Division in 2018, is Cruz's lead public defender. Cruz pleaded guilty to a second-degree felony in 2021 for assaulting a prison guard at the Broward County Jail nine months after the Parkland shooting. Scherer denied the motion to recuse herself. Many, like Fred Guttenberg, whose 14-year-old daughter died at Stoneman Douglas, have become outspoken advocates of gun reform in the years since their children's deaths. Cruz avoided a criminal trial when he pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in October, delaying the release of prosecutors' evidence against him. She also ruled that no graphic material will appear on TV monitors in the courtroom, so as to prevent leaks to the public. A slew of legal complications and controversies has delayed the trial for months, including last-minute motions by the defense to withhold certain graphic evidence from jurors. Seven men and five women make up the jury. To say their bodies have been "torn apart by rifle fire" would not be an exaggeration, the defense wrote. Cruz’s mental health likely will be at the center of the trial. It occupies the courthouse's largest courtroom, which is located on the 17th floor and can seat 265 people.

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

The sentencing hearing for the Parkland, Florida school shooter continues Tuesday. · Nikolas Cruz pleaded guilty in October to 17 counts of first-degree murder ...

"That's when I heard the fire alarm go off, when I was standing right in front," McKenna said. When he touched the middle-back of his head, Dworet said his hand was covered in blood. The motion was denied. "I was trying not to freak out," he said. He spoke about his memory of that day when called to the stand by the prosecution in Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz's sentencing hearing. McKenna then recalled leaving his classroom and passing two other students, whom he identified as Martin and Luke, in the hallway. Schachter was one of the 17 people fatally shot that day. Once his mother arrived, Olson said they went to the hospital. Dworet said he reacted as quickly as possible to take cover in the corner. At that moment, he did not think it was anything out of the ordinary. Dworet said it felt like a long time, maybe 15 minutes, between the first and second round of shots. Dworet said it was a "regular day" until he heard "loud bangs."