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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Parkland mass shooter Nikolas Cruz 'will plead guilty to all 17 counts of premeditated murder and 17 counts of attempted murder' rather than going through full trial
2021-10-15
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News]
  • Nikolas Cruz
    ...diagnoses of autism, depression and significant psychological problems, described as a troubled kid obsessed with guns — the police came to the family home frequently to deal with him — Mr. Cruz was adopted at birth. His adoptive father died when he was young, then his adoptive mother died a few months before he ran amok, so really he was a classic school shooter...
    will plead guilty to 17 counts of premeditated murder and 17 counts of attempted murder rather than going to a full trial, according to reports

  • On 14 February 2018, then-19-year-old opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, killing 17 and wounding 17 more

  • He will be sentenced either to death or life without parole

  • Previously, Cruz´s attorneys said he would plead guilty in exchange for a life sentence, but prosecutors had previously rejected that offer

  • Cruz will also plead guilty to battering a Broward County Jail guard back in November 2018

  • Prosecutors could argue that the attack is an aggravating factor when they seek his execution during the upcoming penalty phase

  • The Public Defender's Office told 7News that they would 'neither confirm nor deny' that Cruz would plead guilty

  • Cruz's defense team will officially announce their clients' pleas on Friday
Related:
Nikolas Cruz: 2021-09-03 Lawyers for Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz insist he shouldn't be called 'the killer' during his trial, and murder of 17 people should not be referred to as a 'massacre' because they are 'prejudicial references'
Nikolas Cruz: 2021-08-19 'I did the best I could': School resource officer accused of hiding during Parkland massacre where 17 staff and students died breaks down outside court after child negligence hearing
Nikolas Cruz: 2020-09-17 Parkland cop who was fired for taking cover behind his truck and then driving away during school massacre in 2018 is reinstated - with back-pay
Posted by:Skidmark

#3  if you watched the taped interrogation of this manipulative little shit, it is obvious he will do anything to keep his name in lights. all eyes on him.

as for the loser police dept in Broward County, i was at a hotel in the county a week after this shooting. An officer was at the front desk wanting to look at something in one of the rooms. the desk jockey asked for identification and the office harummphed and rolled his eyes. i felt like saying that's exactly the kind of attitude that allowed those kids to be murdered. an attitude that the public servants are above the law and beyond reproach.
spit.
Posted by: Retard Strength   2021-10-15 10:49  

#2  Considering all the other aiders and abettors have gotten off scot free, I'm not so sure Cruz deserves the death penalty.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2021-10-15 08:18  

#1  
Pleading Guilty to get a LIFE SENTENCE instead of a needle?
Posted by: NN2N1   2021-10-15 07:29  

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