Opening statements are set to begin in the sentencing trial for the man who killed 17 people and wounded 17 others in the Parkland high school shooting more than four years ago. Prosecutors and defense attorneys will begin to make their cases Monday morning to jurors who will decide whether Nikolas Cruz will be sentenced to death or get life…
On another day, Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer, who's presiding over the case, had to dismiss a group of potential jurors because one wore a T-shirt referencing the shooting that supported the victims and survivors. Selection also was delayed for two weeks when lead defense attorney Melisa McNeill contracted COVID-19.
The jurors will be exposed to graphic evidence, including crime scene and autopsy photos and tour the three-story classroom building where Cruz methodically stalked the halls, shooting at anyone in front of him and into classrooms. It has not been cleaned since the shooting and remains bloodstained and bullet-pocked, with Valentine's Day gifts strewn about.
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