Parkland families, South Florida leaders warn permitless gun carry would jeopardize public safety
Florida’s move toward allowing people to carry concealed weapons without having to get a permit drew condemnation Monday from South Florida leaders and people affected by the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre. "This proposal is a step back in time, not just to pre-Stoneman Douglas. ... It’s a step back in time to the days of the Wild West."
sun-sentinel.comJared Moskowitz becomes a vice chair of congressional gun violence prevention task force
U.S. Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Parkland, will serve as a co-chair of the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force in the U.S. House, continuing his yearslong work on the issue. As a state representative, Moskowitz was instrumental in passage of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act, which raised the age to purchase a rifle from 18 to 21, created a statewide waiting period for long-gun sales and made it easier for law enforcement to seize weapons from people suspected of being dangerous.
sun-sentinel.comWhere is the Parkland school shooter? The state won’t say
In an unusually secretive move, the state has refused to disclose the location of convicted killer Nikolas Cruz, 24, who was sentenced to 34 consecutive life terms for the murders and attempted murders he committed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14, 2018.
sun-sentinel.comBoxer Gervonta Davis jailed on domestic violence charge
Professional boxer Gervonta Davis has been jailed in Florida after he struck a woman in the face, authorities said Wednesday. An arrest report obtained by The Associated Press said Davis hit the woman with a “closed hand type slap” at a home in Parkland, Florida, on Tuesday, causing a small abrasion to the inside of her upper lip.
news.yahoo.comPublic defender’s office wants Parkland judge off all its criminal cases
Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer, who handled the Parkland mass shooting case, is so biased in favor of the prosecution that she cannot be trusted to oversee cases handled by the Public Defender’s Office, according to dozens of motions filed in court last week.
sun-sentinel.comBroward’s 911 system still needs critical fixes, panel warns — nearly 5 years after Parkland shooting
Nearly five years after the Parkland school massacre, the county’s 911 emergency system still faces some of the same problems that could cause delays in the police response, a state school safety panel warned Wednesday.
sun-sentinel.com‘Voting for safety’: Parkland survivors and activists embark on Election Day bus tour against gun violence
Parkland survivors and fellow gun-violence-prevention activists parked themselves on the largely quiet Florida Atlantic University campus Tuesday morning, the second stop of their Election Day bus tour to Orlando to rally voters in support of gun control.
sun-sentinel.comFlorida Department of Corrections to have custody of Parkland school shooter for rest of his life
After Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer sentenced the Parkland school shooter to 34 consecutive mandatory life sentences in prison without the possibility of parole and remanded him to the custody of the Florida Department of Corrections, the 24-year-old convicted felon waited in the Broward County main jail.
Demócratas buscan atraer a votantes de habla hispana a través de la radio en una era donde reina la desinformación
Una empresa de medios latinos comenzó el proceso de adquirir 18 estaciones de radio en las principales ciudades del país con el fin de combatir la desinformación y el flujo de información falsa que se transmite en algunas estaciones de radio de habla Hispana.
cbsnews.comParkland school killer formally sentenced to life
Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz has been formally sentenced to life in prison without parole. Before Cruz was sentenced, parents and other relatives of Cruz's victims spent two days telling him of their anger and hate toward him. (Nov. 2)
news.yahoo.comFred Guttenberg demands public defender’s resignation over remarks during hearing
An argument over whether or not the relatives of the victims should address the Parkland school shooter’s defense attorneys during the sentencing hearing prompted Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer to ask Broward Public Defender Gordon Weekes to sit down Tuesday in Fort Lauderdale.
Watch Wednesday at 1:30: Day 2 of the Parkland school shooter’s formal sentencing
A Broward County judge will formally sentence the Parkland school shooter after a jury recommended life in prison for the 2018 killing of 17 students and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018. Watch Day 2 of the proceedings live.
sun-sentinel.comVideo shows heated exchange between judge, Parkland shooter’s defense
An argument over whether or not the relatives of the victims should address the Parkland school shooter’s defense attorneys during the sentencing hearing prompted Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer to ask Broward Public Defender Gordon Weekes to sit down Tuesday in Fort Lauderdale.
Watch live: Parkland school shooter’s formal sentencing
A Broward County judge will formally sentence the Parkland school shooter after a jury recommended life in prison for the 2018 killing of 17 students and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018. Watch the proceedings live.
sun-sentinel.comGrieving families let Parkland school shooter know they see he is ‘evil’ and criticize his defense
The Parkland school shooter will have to listen to relatives of the victims killed in the 2018 Valentine’s Day massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School speak for at least two days in Broward County court in Fort Lauderdale.
In prison, Parkland killer may lose what he appeared to prize most: fame
Nikolas Cruz, 24, will be one of more than 15,000 inmates serving time because they took another life. That he took 17 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, and wounded 17 more, will be of little consequence outside the prison walls. He will eventually lose the asset he appeared to value most — his fame.
sun-sentinel.comParkland pain: Verdict ‘sucker punched us,’ sent message that ‘you can get away with murder’
With their emotions still raw, Christopher Hixon’s widow and Joaquin Oliver’s father struggled to understand how any juror would decide that life in prison without the possibility of parole was an appropriate punishment for the perpetrator of the 2018 Valentine’s Day massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
Parkland jury room may have been a crime scene, prosecutors say
The deliberation room where 12 jurors decided the fate of confessed mass shooter Nikolas Cruz may have been a crime scene itself, prosecutors say. A juror “informed the support staff member that during deliberations she received what she perceived to be a threat from a fellow juror while in the jury room.”
sun-sentinel.com‘A crime may have been committed’ in Parkland trial jury room, prosecutors say
Editor’s note: Daily coverage of the Parkland trial is being provided to all readers as a public service. The deliberation room where 12 jurors decided the fate of confessed mass shooter Nikolas Cruz may have been a crime scene itself — a juror says she was threatened during deliberations, and prosecutors want the claim investigated. According to a motion filed late Thursday, prosecutors want ...
news.yahoo.comParkland school shooter’s case: BSO investigates juror’s report of ‘threat’ during deliberation
The Broward Sheriff’s Office announced Thursday afternoon that there is an investigation at the Broward County courthouse after the Broward State Attorney’s Office provided information about a complaint from a juror in the Parkland school shooter’s penalty phase.
Public defender reacts to verdict in Parkland school shooter’s case
Broward County Public Defender Gordon Weekes praised the jury for carrying out “a solemn responsibility” on Thursday after putting an end to the penalty phase of the Parkland school shooter by recommending life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Parkland father says he's "disgusted" with jurors after they spare shooter's life: "I pray that animal suffers every day of his life in jail"
"That you can allow 17 dead and 17 others shot and wounded and not give the death penalty? What do we have the death penalty for? What's the purpose of it?" Alhadeff said, adding that he believed the jurors set a precedent today that could affect future mass killings.
cbsnews.com‘What were you thinking?’ Parkland families react to jury’s life in prison recommendation
Families of the 17 people killed in the Parkland school shooting appeared to be sad, angry and shocked by the jury’s recommendation Thursday that confessed shooter Nikolas Cruz be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Watch live: Verdict in the Parkland school shooter’s sentencing trial
Watch from inside the courtroom as the jury reads their verdict: Will Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz be sentenced to death or life in prison? Jurors are deciding whether he should be sentenced to death or life in prison.
sun-sentinel.comLife for Parkland school shooter; majority of jurors wanted death, foreman says
Corey Hixon, who lives with Kabuki syndrome, a rare genetic disorder, walked out of the courtroom while Broward County Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer was reading the jury’s 17 verdict forms on Thursday in Fort Lauderdale. Corey’s mother Debra Hixon, a Broward County School Board member and the widow of Christopher Hixon, said her son walked out because he just felt the pain that others around him were feeling.
Watch live: Jury deliberations begin in Parkland school shooter’s sentencing trial
Watch from inside the courtroom as the judge gives her final instructions to the jury before they begin deliberating the fate of Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz. Jurors are deciding whether he should be sentenced to death or life in prison.
sun-sentinel.com‘Preposterous’: Chief prosecutor baffled jurors can’t see Parkland school shooter’s rifle
Before the jury’s deliberation began Wednesday morning, Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer read instructions to set the parameters of their decision on the punishment that Nikolas Cruz should face for the 17 murders during the 2018 Valentine’s Day massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
False reports: Many South Florida schools under lockdown after active shooter calls as Cruz trial closing arguments begin
Multiple schools were on lockdown in Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties Tuesday morning as police responded to calls of active shooters at the same time as the closing arguments for the trial of Parkland school shooter Nicolas Cruz started.
sun-sentinel.comWatch live: Closing arguments in Parkland school shooter’s sentencing trial
Watch from inside the courtroom as the prosecution and defense give their closing statements in the sentencing trial of Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz. Jurors are deciding whether he should be sentenced to death or life in prison.
sun-sentinel.comParkland school shooting verdict: Count 16 in penalty phase is Jaime Guttenberg
Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer announced on Oct. 13 that a divided jury recommended life in prison without the possibility of parole as punishment for the Parkland school shooter on count 16 of first-degree murder.
Parkland school shooting verdict: Count 15 in penalty phase is Joaquin Oliver Padauy
Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer announced on Oct. 13 that a divided jury recommended life in prison without the possibility of parole as punishment for the Parkland school shooter on count 15 of first-degree murder.
Parkland school shooting verdict: Count 13 in penalty phase is Meadow Pollack
Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer announced on Oct. 13 that a divided jury recommended life in prison without the possibility of parole as punishment for the Parkland school shooter on count 13 of first-degree murder.
Parkland school shooting verdict: Count 10 in penalty phase is Carmen Schentrup
Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer announced on Oct. 13 that a divided jury recommended life in prison without the possibility of parole as punishment for the Parkland school shooter on count 10 of first-degree murder.
Parkland school shooting verdict: Count 8 in penalty phase is Helena Ramsay
Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer announced on Oct. 13 that a divided jury recommended life in prison without the possibility of parole as punishment for the Parkland school shooter on count eight of first-degree murder.
Parkland school shooting verdict: Count 6 in penalty phase is Alyssa Alhadeff
Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer announced on Oct. 13 that a divided jury recommended life in prison without the possibility of parole as punishment for the Parkland school shooter on count six of first-degree murder.
‘Keep this quiet’: A top Parkland cop repeatedly tried to downplay crime, including guns at school, his agency finds
A former district chief in Parkland didn’t want the public to know that guns were found in a school, instructing detectives to leave reports vague or blank to keep it on the “down low,” according to records released by the Broward Sheriff’s Office.
sun-sentinel.comProsecution witness challenges conclusions about Parkland gunman’s mental struggles
“If his attention problems were as bad as this, he couldn’t even complete the test,” said neuropsychologist Robert Denney, who was called by the prosecution to rebut testimony introduced last month about Parkland gunman Nikolas Cruz.
sun-sentinel.comParkland school principal faces charges over guns being found on campus
The principal of Somerset Parkland Academy, a K-8 charter school in Parkland, has been charged with bringing guns on campus, after faculty members this summer found the guns in a bag left in a conference room that children “had easy and unsecured access to,” sheriff’s records show.
sun-sentinel.comHis sister died in the Parkland massacre. He wants the gunman to live.
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.
washingtonpost.comParkland father, mass shooting survivors take to the Capitol to demand assault weapons ban
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.
sun-sentinel.comCrowding problem draws new attention at Stoneman Douglas High. ‘We won’t kick the can down the road.’
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.
sun-sentinel.comIn Parkland trial, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders are blamed for spawning a killer. What is this and how prevalent is it?
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?
sun-sentinel.comMan sacrificing animals at Parkland shooting shrine is arrested in Broward school threat prevention effort
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.
sun-sentinel.com‘I’m a bad kid. I want to kill!’ Parkland gunman’s teacher says she kept his records in case they’d be needed in future
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 ...
news.yahoo.comGov. DeSantis suspends four Broward School Board members accused of ‘incompetence and neglect of duty’
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.”
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