Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz waits to be escorted from the courtroom during the penalty phase of his trial at the Broward County Courthouse on Sept.
There are 17 victims that did not receive justice today, Fred Guttenberg, the father of 14-year-old shooting victim Jaime Guttenberg, said at a news conference Thursday.
Debra Hixon, the widow of 49-year-old Chris Hixon, said the jurys decision showed the families that life meant more than the 17 that were murdered …
13: Tony Montalto, whose 14-year-old daughter, Gina, died in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, questioned how jurors could determine that mitigating circumstances existed to spare Cruz from the death penalty.
Todays ruling was yet another gut punch for so many of us who devastatingly lost our loved ones on that tragic Valentines Day at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, he said.
I sent my daughter to school and she was shot eight times.
He was poisoned in the womb, public defender Melisa McNeill said in closing statement, referencing the fact that her clients birth mother abused drugs and alcohol while pregnant with him, according to CNN.
Authorities identified them as Alyssa Alhadeff, 14; Martin Duque, 14; Jaime Guttenberg, 14; Cara Loughran, 14; Gina Montalto, 14; Alaina Petty, 14; Alex Schachter, 14; Luke Hoyer, 15; Peter Wang, 15; Carmen Schentrup, 16; Nick Dworet, 17; Joaquin Oliver, 17; Helena Ramsay, 17; and Meadow Pollack, 18.