After several attempts that were blocked by Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer, they were also able to tell jurors Thursday that Cruz says he was raped and sexually molested numerous times by a neighbor when he was 9. Otherwise, his sentence will be life without parole.Ĭruz’s attorneys have contended throughout the trial that his birth mother’s heavy drinking during pregnancy left him with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, causing brain dysfunctions that led to lifelong episodes of bizarre, erratic and sometimes violent conduct that culminated with the shootings. For the former Stoneman Douglas student to receive a death sentence, the seven-man, five-woman jury must be unanimous. 14, 2018, massacre at the suburban Fort Lauderdale school. They are trying to convince jurors they should sentence Cruz, 24, to death for the Feb. Prosecutors began wrapping up their rebuttal case Thursday by playing that video clip from jailhouse interviews Cruz did with their psychologist hoping it bolsters their contention that he wasn’t driven to kill by a mental disorder he couldn’t control, but planned his attack and chose to carry it out. (AP) - Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz calmly told a psychologist why he picked Valentine’s Day to massacre 17 people at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School four years ago: Because no one loved him, he wanted to ruin the holiday forever for anyone associated with the school.
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