Victim impact statements take center stage in Parkland pre-trial hearing
When Nikolas Cruz told Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer back in October that he was guilty of killing 17 Marjory Stoneman Douglas students and staff on Valentine’s Day 2018, it set up the upcoming penalty phase where 12 jurors will need to unanimously decide whether he should pay for those crimes with his life.
Lawyers for accused Stoneman Douglas shooter Nikolas Cruz want to ban words like killer and massacre at his trial
Accused killer Nikolas Cruz appeared in a South Florida courtroom on Wednesday as attorneys argued over the language to be used at his trial for the mass murder at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.