BREAKING: Parkland shooter sentenced to life in prison following emotional and furious statements from families of the victims.
Broward County Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer sentenced Cruz to life in prison, with the 34 counts of the indictment to be served consecutively.
Prior to announcing the sentencing, Scherer commended the victims and victims' families for their grace and patience throughout the trial.Jaime Guttenberg's parents slam public defender's commentsJennifer Guttenberg said she wasn't planning to speak in court, but she changed her mind after comments made by Broward County Public Defender Gordon Weekes in court on Tuesday.
"And as a reminder, Mr. Weekes, and the rest of the defense attorneys, your client murdered our loved ones in cold blood. Hunted them down, shot them over and over until he knew he accomplished his goal," she said.Jaime's father, Fred Guttenberg, who"We've had to endure spending our time for birthdays at a cemetery," he said.
"I felt like you needed someone or you needed something, and I could feel that," she said."I felt how alone you might have felt, maybe.""I'm very isolated and I can't make friends and I can't build relationships because I'm looking over my shoulder, even emotionally," she said.
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