Verdict watch in Parkland school shooter penalty trial
Ted Scouten reports the jury will decide if Nikolas Cruz is sentenced to death or life in prison without the possibility of parole.
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Ted Scouten reports the jury will decide if Nikolas Cruz is sentenced to death or life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Nicole Lauren reports lead attorney Melisa McNeill said the drinking left him with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
Nicole Lauren reports during his closing argument, prosecutor Mike Satz spoke about Nikolas Cruz's methodical planning of the massacre.
The judge told jurors she will provide them with case instructions Wednesday morning.
Nikolas Cruz opened fire on students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on February 14, 2018.
Maria Schneider says she thinks they will bring up his mother's drinking during pregnancy and fetal alcohol syndrome.
Ted Scouten reporters prosecutor Mike Satz methodically laid out for the jury why Nikolas Cruz deserves the death penalty.
Ted Scouten reports Satz brought up statements Cruz made including "no mercy" and that he wanted to kill a lot of people.
Maria Schneider says during his closing argument, Mike Sayz is making connections and telling them what they should conclude from the evidence.
He said statements made by Nikolas Cruz himself helped bolster their case.
Ted Scouten reports each side will have about two hours to make their case.
Richard Rosenbaum believes it was the statements Nikolas Cruz made in jailhouse interviews.
Teri Hornstein reports Debbie Hixon, whose husband Chris was killed in the shooting, said regardless of the court outcome, it will change nothing about her reality, which is life without him.
Richard Rosenbaum looks at what each side is expected to present during closing arguments.
To recommend the death penalty, jurors have to be unanimous on all 17 counts.
Closing arguments are scheduled for Tuesday, jury deliberations begin Wednesday.
The prosecution has rested in the sentencing trial of Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz.
Prosecutors spent several hours Tuesday trying to prove Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz purposely did poorly on tests administered to see if he suffers from fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, the primary reason his attorneys say he murdered 17 people four years ago.
Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz told a prosecution psychiatrist he began contemplating a mass murder during middle school, doing extensive research on earlier killers to learn their methods and mistakes to shape his own plans, video played at his penalty trial showed Monday.
Prosecutors in the penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz began their rebuttal of the defense case Tuesday by questioning whether his birth mother drank as heavily during pregnancy as some witnesses portrayed.
Will begin their rebuttal case Tuesday, challenging his attorneys' contention that he murdered 17 people because his birth mother abused alcohol during pregnancy, a condition they say went untreated.
Will challenge defense contention that he murdered 17 people because his birth mother abused alcohol during pregnancy
Attorneys for Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz filed a motion Friday demanding the removal of Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer from the case.
Trish Christakis reports Nikolas Cruz's defense attorneys suddenly and surprisingly rested their case Wednesday, leading to a heated exchange after the judge accused them of a lack of professionalism.
Joan Murray reports Judge Elizabeth Scherer accused lead defense attorney Melisa McNeill of being “unprofessional.”
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MDSO Asst. Chief Eric Garcia said that the deputy underwent surgery and he currently remains at the hospital.
When deputies took him into custody, he was revealed not to have a valid boarding pass or baggage claim tags, the arrest documents said.
Bright blue skies and lots of sunshine will push temperatures into the low 80s across both Miami-Dade and Broward Counties.
A woman's body was found on the sand on Hollywood Beach early Friday morning, Hollywood police say.
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