The shooter who killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018 has officially been sentenced to life in prison after an emotional two-day hearing in which family members of the victims confronted him in court.
, a Fort Lauderdale jury was tasked with recommending a sentence. They had only two options: life in prison or the death penalty., convincing a jury that his mother's abuse of alcohol and drugs while she was pregnant with him had left Cruz mentally impaired.
And for the first time, they spoke directly to Cruz, something they had not been allowed to do during the trial. "The idea that you, a coldblooded killer, can actually live each day, eat your meals and put your head down at night – it seems completely unjust," said Stacey Lippel, a teacher who was wounded in the shooting."The only comfort I have is that your life in prison will be filled with horror and fear.
Max Schachter, whose 14-year old son Alex was killed at the school, said that law was unfair to the victims and their families. And he accused McNeill of falsely claiming that Cruz had not received adequate mental health treatment. Eventually, some statements grew so heated that McNeill asked the judge to intervene."I did my job and every member of his team did their job, Judge. And we should not be personally attacked for that," she said.Cruz's sentence of life in prison has renewed calls for Florida's state legislature to change the state's rules around death sentences.
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