Nicholas Cruz He escaped the death penalty and will spend the rest of his life in prison after a unanimous recommendation by the jury this Thursday. 17 murders Encountered by the author of the massacre at a high school in South Florida (USA) in 2018.
The 24-year-old faced two possible sentences, life imprisonment No possibility of parole or the death penalty. Under Florida law, the final trial required a unanimous vote of 12 jurors in at least one of the 17 murder counts.
Cruz entered the freshman high school building with an assault rifle on February 14, 2018. Marjory StonemanDouglasHe opened fire indiscriminately in Parkland, then fled into the crowd, killing 17 and wounding 17.