The lead prosecutor of Nikolas Cruz made his final push to persuade jurors to sentence him to death, telling them during his closing argument that the attack that killed 17 people was cold, calculated and meticulously planned and deserving of execution.
to make it impossible for Stoneman Douglas students to celebrate the holiday ever again.
Cruz, dressed in an off-white sweater, sat impassively during Satz’s presentation, occasionally exchanging notes with his attorneys. His lead attorney, Melisa McNeill, will give her closing argument later Tuesday. Deliberations are expected to start Wednesday. A large number of the victims’ parents, wives and family members packed the section of the courtroom reserved for them, watching Satz intently, many of them weeping. Just minutes earlier, they had greeted each other with smiles, handshakes and hugs.
The massacre is the deadliest mass shooting that has ever gone to trial in the U.S. Nine other people in the U.S. who fatally shot at least 17 people died during or immediately after their attacks by suicide or police gunfire. The suspect in the 2019 massacre of 23 at an
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