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The prosecutors seeking the death penalty for the Parkland school shooter started their rebuttal on Sept. 27 in Broward County court.

The state will begin its rebuttal Tuesday in the penalty phase of the Parkland school shooter’s trial.

A jury will decide whether Nikolas Cruz lives or dies for killing 17 people at a high school in Parkland, Fla., in 2018. Not all victims' relatives are convinced the death penalty will bring them a sense of justice.

The judge in the Parkland school shooter’s case is allowing the prosecutors who are seeking the death penalty to show the jury evidence of his interest in hate symbols, child porn, and animal abuse.

On the latest episode of the This Week in South Florida podcast, host Glenna Milberg speaks to attorney Oren Sellstorm, activist Ernesto Ackerman, Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services candidate Naomi Blemur and Congressman Ted Deutch.

Parkland father Manuel Oliver joined survivors and family members of victims from a growing list of mass shootings since Parkland at a "Pass the Ban" event in Washington, D.C., on Thursday meant to encourage the U.S. Senate to approve an assault weapons ban.

The brother of the Parkland school shooter said he pulled out of voluntarily testifying in his brother’s defense owing to “years of harassment” by Broward County, which he intends to sue, he said in a social media post.

Broward County Judge Elizabeth Scherer is expected to rule on several motions Tuesday in the penalty phase of the Parkland school shooter’s trial.

Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer refused to step down from the sentencing trial of Nikolas Cruz, the confessed gunman at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

To ease overcrowding, school district officials say they want to trim Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School’s enrollment by as many as 500 students. And eventually, other overcrowded schools also could face adjustments.

This week, experts told a Broward jury that the Parkland shooter has fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs). If these disorders spawned a killer, how common are they and what are the signs?

Nikolas Cruz has already pleaded guilty to killing 17 people and wounding others at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018. Jurors are deciding whether he'll be executed or spend life in prison.

The Parkland school shooter’s defense abruptly rested their case on Wednesday, the morning after their witness introduced a causal connection between his crimes and his biological mother’s alcohol consumption.

The Parkland school shooter’s defense called an expert witness on Monday to testify about research on fetal alcohol spectrum disorder or FASD, his assessment of the records on the case, and tests performed at the Broward County main jail during a five-hour visit on May 20, 2021.

A Broward County man is facing multiple charges for leaving dead animals on a memorial for those killed in the Parkland school shooting, authorities announced Friday.

Broward Sheriff’s Gregory Tony said his investigators were able to get a potential school shooter off the street by nabbing him for defacing the shrine for Parkland shooting victims at the site of the high school.

The jurors who will be deciding the fate of the Parkland school shooter in Broward County court listened to three more defense witnesses on Friday — including a social worker who reported a classmate’s parent described him as a “menace to society” — while his mother said he was a “gentle soul.”

Assistant Public Defender Melisa McNeill moved for a mistrial on Thursday during the Parkland school shooter trial’s death penalty phase in Broward County court in Fort Lauderdale.

Editor’s note: Daily coverage of the Parkland trial is being provided to all readers as a public service. The Parkland gunman’s eighth-grade teacher was so troubled by his disturbing schoolwork that she saved a copy for her records in case it was ever needed. Those documents now provide crucial insight into the mind of a killer-in-the-making after Nikolas Cruz shot and killed 17 people at ...

A teacher described him as an attention-seeking bully and a principal said teachers feared him. Meanwhile, his defense team sought a mistrial and when that failed started an effort to "prohibit" the state from seeking the death penalty.

The jurors who will be deciding the fate of the Parkland school shooter listened to the testimony of a former neighbor and two deputies during his trial’s death penalty phase on Wednesday in Broward County court in Fort Lauderdale.

As the penalty phase of the trial of the Parkland school shooter continues, a compendium of summaries of his video visits in jail lend insight on the shooter’s mindset and an unlikely, cordial relationship with the mother of another school shooting victim.

The jurors who will be deciding the fate of the Parkland school shooter listened to more of the defense’s witnesses during his trial’s death penalty phase on Tuesday in Broward County court.

The jurors who will be deciding the fate of the Parkland school shooter met his third-grade teacher, an expert witness, and watched a video recording of a family friend’s deposition on Monday in Broward County court.

A multi-agency search was initiated on Sunday in Parkland for two missing fishermen.

On the latest episode of This Week in South Florida, hosts Glenna Milberg and Michael Putney welcomed newly appointed Broward School Board member Kevin Tynan, Florida State Sen. Rosalind Osgood, Parkland parent and activist Tony Montalto and Neil Volz, Deputy Director of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition.

The grand jury was initially convened to examine whether systemic school safety failures led up to the murders at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas Senior High School.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took a grand jury up on its recommendation Friday afternoon to remove four Broward School Board members after a scathing report that accused them of having “engaged in acts of incompetence and neglect of duty.”

The Parkland school shooter’s defense team that is trying to persuade jurors to reject the death penalty as punishment for the 2018 Valentine’s Day massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School called a psychiatrist to testify on Thursday in Broward County court.

Psychiatrists testified on Thursday that when the Parkland school shooter was a 9-year-old student he threatened to stab a teacher and an aide, hit a classmate with a lunch box, hit someone with a rock, and later as a teenager demonstrated “a preoccupation with guns and the military” and was dreaming of “killing others” and being “covered in blood.”

The public defenders who are trying to save the Parkland school shooter’s life are focusing their case on his childhood development and mental health before the 2018 Valentine’s Day massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

Here’s what you need to know from Day 45 of the Parkland school shooter’s sentencing trial.

Broward County Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer, who is presiding over the Parkland school shooter’s death penalty phase, was preparing to welcome back the jury on Tuesday morning.

It was the second day of testimony for the defense in the trial.

Parkland school shooter’s case: Record of jail calls

Broward County Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer, who is presiding over the Parkland school shooter’s death penalty phase, was preparing to welcome back the jury on Tuesday morning.

The defense team that is working to save the Parkland school shooter’s life started to call witnesses after Assistant Public Defender Melisa McNeill delivered her opening statement on Aug. 22.

Watch the opening statement from the defense in the sentencing trial of the Parkland school shooter, which resumes on Monday. Aug. 22, 2022. The prosecution rested its case two weeks ago after trying to convince jurors why they should sentence the shooter to death.

Assistant Public Defender Melisa McNeill, who leads the team that is working to save the Parkland school shooter’s life, delivered her opening statement on Monday.

The defense launches its case Monday in the sentencing trial of Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz. Can anything render him sympathetic, after what jurors saw and heard over the past month?

The defense launches its case Monday in the sentencing trial of Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz. Can anything render him sympathetic, after what jurors saw and heard over the past month?

The judge, prosecutors and defense attorneys are gathering again Thursday for a hearing in the penalty phase of the Parkland school shooter’s trial.

Defense attorneys will not be showing jurors images of the Parkland school shooter’s brain scan done at the Broward County main jail, attorneys in Broward County court said on Wednesday in Fort Lauderdale.

Attorneys were supposed to return to the courtroom Monday for a Daubert hearing in the penalty phase trial of Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz, but the hearing has been canceled, Local 10 News learned.

As the Parkland jury walked through the 1200 building on Aug. 4, students, teachers and graduates remember the classes they had in the building, the items they abandoned as they fled, and having to walk by the mass shooting crime scene so many times over the past few years.

The Parkland building where a teenage gunman shot and killed 17 people will continue to stand at least until next year, even though the jury deciding the gunman’s fate has already finished its tour of the crime scene.

Many recent mass shootings have largely hit Jewish communities, and now the communities have had to come to grips with tragedy.

“Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.”

Victim impact statements had many in the courtroom in tears on Thursday afternoon. The first witness was Anne Ramsay, the mother of Helena Ramsey, one of the 17 victims Nikolas Cruz killed on Feb. 14, 2018, at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School’s 1200 building.

Jurors in the trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz toured the still blood-spattered rooms of a three-story building at Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Thursday.

Jurors in the trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz are preparing to visit the still-bloodstained building where he murdered 17 people four years ago

Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz will appear in court Thursday morning before jurors in his penalty phase trial visit the crime scene of the Feb. 14, 2018, massacre.

Parkland school shooting testimony: Watch videos of survivors injured

Parkland school shooting testimony: Watch videos of victim impact statements

Jurors considering the life-or-death sentence for confessed Parkland gunman Nikolas Cruz on Thursday will tour the freshman building on the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School campus where the massacre occurred on Feb. 14, 2018.

'I wish every single day this is a nightmare I can wake up from,' a tearful Max Schachter told a jury considering the fate of confessed Marjory Stoneman Douglas gunman Nikolas Cruz. Schachter's son Alex was killed at the Parkland school.

Watch Day 11 of the sentencing trial of the Parkland school shooter, which resumes testimony on Wednesday, Aug. 3. The prosecution, which is getting close to resting its case, is presenting its case for why the jury should sentence the shooter to death.

The prosecution team that is seeking the death penalty for the Parkland school shooter continued to call the grieving relatives of the slain victims to read statements at Broward County court on Tuesday in Fort Lauderdale.

Two of the assistant public defenders working to save the Parkland school shooter’s life dabbed their eyes with white tissues on Tuesday as grieving parents read their victim statements in Broward County court.

A grieving father erupted in anger as he told jurors about the daughter school shooter Nikolas Cruz murdered along with 16 others four years ago.

The MSD commission met in Sunrise Tuesday to discuss a number of school safety issues, from the school guardian program to the Broward County 911 system.

The 17 teenagers and staff members at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High school who were murdered by a school shooter each have a story. On Tuesday, emotional testimony from their families resumed in front of the jury who will decide the fate of confessed gunman Nikolas Cruz.

Watch Day 10 of the sentencing trial of the Parkland school shooter, which resumes testimony on Tuesday, Aug. 2. The prosecution, which is getting close to resting its case, is presenting its case for why the jury should sentence the shooter to death.

The prosecution team that is seeking the death penalty for the Parkland school shooter continued to call the grieving relatives of the slain victims to read statements at Broward County court on Tuesday in Fort Lauderdale.

One of the Parkland school shooter’s defense attorneys dabbed her eyes Monday as jurors heard from family members of the victims killed in the February 2018 shooting.

Here’s what you need to know from Day 37 of the Parkland school shooter’s sentencing trial.

The jury viewed photos of three of the victims of the Feb. 14, 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland during Nikolas Cruz’s death penalty trial on Monday in Fort Lauderdale.

Watch Day 9 of the sentencing trial of the Parkland school shooter, which resumes testimony on Monday, Aug. 1. The prosecution is presenting its case for why the jury should sentence the shooter to death.

By Staff WriterParkland parents suffer while medical examiner describes how their children were killedThe second medical examiner took the stand and provided harrowing evidence about the young Parkland victims’ autopsies and the causes of their deaths. The intense description from Dr. Rebecca MacDougall about the manner and visual of the killings left parents in tears and obvious shocked and disbelief. Michael Morrison, the owner of Sunrise Tactical, was asked about the paper work required to be filled out by Cruz. Cruz executed 17 people, and pleaded guilty to 17 counts of murder and 17 counts of attempted murder. When the trial is finished, Cruz should be sentenced to life in prison or executed by the death penalty.

The Broward County prosecution team that is seeking the death penalty for the Parkland school shooter called Broward Sheriff’s Office Detective Nicholas Masters on July 27 to testify in court about the digital evidence his team uncovered.

Here’s what you need to know from Day 36 of the Parkland school shooter’s sentencing trial.

Watch Day 8 of the sentencing trial of the Parkland school shooter, which resumes testimony on Wednesday, July 27. The prosecution is presenting its case for why the jury should sentence the shooter to death.

The prosecution team that is seeking the death penalty for the Parkland school shooter showed jurors on Wednesday in Fort Lauderdale evidence showing his violent thoughts and actions.

A gun shop owner who sold the rifle to confessed Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz testified on Tuesday during the trial that will determine if the gunman will be executed.

Watch Day 7 of the sentencing trial of the Parkland school shooter, which resumes testimony on Tuesday, July 26. The prosecution is presenting its case for why the jury should sentence the shooter to death.

Nikolas Cruz’s defense continued to attempt to limit the evidence that the prosecution is showing to the jury that will have to decide if he should be executed for his crimes on Feb. 14, 2018, at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.

Watch Day 6 of the sentencing trial of the Parkland school shooter, which resumes testimony on Friday, July 22.

Monday marks the beginning of week 2 in the penalty phase trial for Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz.

It was a gut-wrenching week in the penalty phase of the Parkland shooting trial.

Florida law enforcement officers have told a jury about the horror they found inside a high school after 17 people were massacred there four years ago.

A woman who admitted her role in a scam that raised $400,000 using a fake story about a homeless man received a one-year prison sentence in federal court Thursday.

Jurors heard difficult evidence and saw graphic images on Day 5 of the penalty phase trial of Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz

Watch Day 5 of the sentencing trial of the Parkland school shooter, which resumes testimony on Friday, July 23.

Watch Day 4 of the sentencing trial of the Parkland school shooter, which resumes testimony on Thursday, July 21.

Nearly 16,500 people in Florida died from gun-related injuries from 2015-2020, according to data from the CDC, more than seven people each day. Fewer than 1% of those died in mass shootings, although those attract the most attention. In the wake of the new federal gun legislation, the South Florida Sun Sentinel reviewed guns in Florida by the numbers.

During the committee meeting, Rep. Biggs claimed Americans need assault weapons to protect themselves against an "invasion of the southern border."

Watch Day 3 of the sentencing trial of the Parkland school shooter, which resumes testimony on Wednesday, July 20.

Robert Kabolowsky, 62, is charged with sexual battery and false imprisonment, according to jail records.

An expert witness told the defense counsel for confessed Parkland gunman Nikolas Cruz that she has a serious medical condition and that her doctor recommended she refrain from taking part in the case that started Monday in the Broward County Courthouse.

Watch the opening statements in the sentencing trial of the Parkland school shooter.

The gunman pleaded guilty in October to the 2018 massacre; now the jury has to decide whether he gets a sentence of death or life without parole.

The 12 jurors chosen to decide whether Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz is executed will be exposed to horrific images and emotional testimony, but must deal with any mental anguish alone

Wrapping up a NATO summit, President Joseph Biden says America is stronger than ever except for "outrageous" actions from Supreme Court on abortion rights.

Residents of Parkland and Boca Raton found antisemitic flyers in front of their houses this week. The Broward and Palm Beach Sheriff's Offices are conducting investigations.

The jury that will decide whether Nikolas Cruz should get the death penalty for killing 17 people in the 2018 shooting rampage at a Parkland, Florida, high school was finally selected Wednesday, after a painstaking, stop-and-start process that took nearly three months. The defense wound up using all 10 of its peremptory challenges, eliminating candidates for any reason other than race or gender, while the prosecution used four. On Wednesday, the defense used its final strikes to eliminate a retired insurance company executive and a banking executive who had been tentatively on the panel when court adjourned Tuesday.

Here’s what you need to know from Day 23 of the Parkland school shooter’s trial.

Hillary Clinton is endorsing Jared Moskowitz in the Broward-Palm Beach County 23rd Congressional District Democratic primary. “We need more champions in Congress to help prevent gun violence and save lives." There's a long history between Clinton and Moskowitz.

Four years after a gunman shot up her high school, a young journalist finds herself writing about mass shootings again. In fact, she says, she never stopped.

The push for laws that would prevent mass shootings and gun violence gained renewed energy in the wake of the Uvalde school shooting. Max Schachter, whose 14-year-old son Alex was murdered in the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018, testified before Congress on Wednesday morning.