ResolvedPriorityCriminal · Capital sentencing· Broward County, FL
State v. Nikolas Cruz — the Parkland penalty trial (2018)
Seventeen people were killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018. Cruz pleaded guilty in 2021, and a 2022 penalty trial ended in life sentences without parole.
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Source: Vermilion ledger illustration
Timeline
- 2021
Cruz pleads guilty to 17 counts of murder and 17 of attempted murder.
- 2022
The penalty phase includes a jury walkthrough of the 1200 building.
- 2022
The jury does not return unanimous death recommendations; life sentences are imposed.
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