Prosecution rests in Parkland school shooter's sentencing trial
The prosecution has rested in the sentencing trial of Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz.
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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.”
One of the nation's leading fetal alcohol researchers testified Tuesday that Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz's birth mother drank more during her pregnancy than any woman he's ever seen documented.
Defense attorneys trying to convince jurors that he was "damaged" by mother's drug and alcohol use
On Monday, attorneys argued over what a neuropsychologist could tell the jury.
More defense witnesses to take the stand to testify about his troubled past.
Defense attorneys wrapped up two weeks of testimony Friday in the sentencing trial of the Parkland shooter, making a case for mercy.
In a failed attempt to bar the admission into evidence several swastikas Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz drew on assignments, his attorneys made an unusual argument Thursday at his penalty trial: he was an equal opportunity killer who shot his victims without regard to race or religion.
Paul Gold said he tried to warn the shooter's adoptive mother that the shooter had problems.
School shooter Nikolas Cruz struggled academically and behaviorally, a former counselor testified Tuesday.
On Monday, a retired Broward teacher shed more light on the shooter's early childhood.
Four years before Nikolas Cruz murdered 17 people, therapists at another school wrote a letter to his psychiatrist saying he was fixated on guns.
A psychologist who treated the Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz when he was 8 years old testified Wednesday.
Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz as a toddler was intellectually and physically behind other children, which caused him to isolate himself and hit and bite to get what he wanted, a daycare administrator and former neighbor testified Tuesday at his penalty trial for mass murder.
Melisa McNeill, Cruz's lead public defender, gave her opening statement Monday morning.
A grand jury empaneled after the 2018 Parkland school massacre has recommended that Gov. Ron DeSantis remove from office four members of the Broward County school board, saying they and district administrators displayed "deceit, malfeasance, misfeasance, neglect of duty and incompetence" in their handling of a campus safety program.
Trish Christakis reports the scans could have potentially shown the jury that Nikolas Cruz could have a brain defect.
The court decided to not show Nikolas Cruz's qEEG's brain scans to the jury.
The Fall Equinox, the official start of astronomical fall, is on Tuesday. But it will still feel like summer in South Florida.
In the fourth quarter, the Hurricanes' defense had to take the lead.
Miami was eliminated from the postseason race.
A 45-year-old woman was also checked out at a hospital as part of an evaluation.
Heavy storms flooded streets across Broward County, stalling cars and leaving some pedestrians wading barefoot.
The Fall Equinox, the official start of astronomical fall, is on Tuesday. But it will still feel like summer in South Florida.
In the fourth quarter, the Hurricanes' defense had to take the lead.
Miami was eliminated from the postseason race.
A 45-year-old woman was also checked out at a hospital as part of an evaluation.
Heavy storms flooded streets across Broward County, stalling cars and leaving some pedestrians wading barefoot.
Former Cuban President Raúl Castro has reappeared in public at a military event celebrating an army branch's anniversary.
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