A jury spared Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz from the death penalty, sending him to prison for the remainder of his life in a decision that left many families of the victims angered, baffled and in tears.
. The jury rejected the death penalty after deliberating for about seven hours over two days.
Under Florida law, a death sentence requires a unanimous vote on at least one count. The seven-man, five-woman jury unanimously agreed there were aggravating factors to warrant a possible death sentence, such as agreeing that the murders were “especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel.” Jury foreman Benjamin Thomas, in an interview broadcast on local TV station WPLG, indicated more than one juror voted for life in prison.
“The deliberations were very tense and some jurors became extremely unhappy once I mentioned that I would vote for life,” wrote Cunha. She did not explain her vote. Michael Schulman, the stepfather of teacher Scott Beigel, said the decision gives anyone a license to kill, then claim mental illness as a defense. “This animal deserves to die. He hunted all of these people,” Schulman said. “He planned it for months.”
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