Jury selection has begun in the trial of Parkland shooter, Nikolas Cruz, who killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida in 2018. The jury will decide whether Cruz will receive life imprisonment without the possibility of parole or the death penalty.
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He can rot in prison!!!
They can’t even find a set of jurors without one threatening him. Oh yeah, he is going to get the death penalty if he’s lucky
To see him still alive
Sad to the victims
The shooting happened in 2018, he is just now having his trial?????
The defenses mission is to pay all these lawyers as much as possible and then we can sentence him. Let Cruz decide weather he wants jail or death. Should take 5 minutes.
I feel bad for nikolas for what he been through his whole life even though he killed 17 people. It wasn’t all his fault
That’s lovely! You put up with him.
That’s pathetic
What?
He made a mistake, those kiddies are at fault
They should take a finger and tor for each life he’s taken and then let him live with it
He looks like teenage version of walter white
bro💀
4 years later… the judicial system is a joke
His lawyers are sick
Everyone deserves the right to an attorney. Someone had to do it. The second there’s exceptions to rules then consider the rule useless.
Dat judge doe…..
The death penalty will do him a favor. Life in prison in a cell or among less-dangerous inmates will not do much since he’ll be living the life off of the taxpayers money. Throw him in the worst possible prison where he’ll be forced to drop the soap. Where other extreme inmates will prey upon him in daily basis. He’ll get the treatment he so badly deserves. He’ll hopefully be treated the same or worse than the child predators.
Porque arruinan sus vidas tan jóvenes
Si
guys and girls they make him put on glasses and baggy clothes to make him look nerdy and non-threatening it a tactic they used this because you dont think of Nerds breaking the law. u think of a thug breaking the law
do not be fooled don’t think anyone is but this manipulative
Can he just get the death penalty already?
no one cares that you have to live with this the rest of your life. you took the rest of peoples lives away.
Somebody just broke his record
Don’t give him the deal that penalty. Let him sit.
They have to have geofence surveillance surrounding every school with law enforcement agent on the property monitoring the surveillance with GPS Auto recognition notifications and students texting suspicious possible shooters and teachers emergency Telecommunications
Overrule Roe versus Wade medical doctors get up everyday and tear to shreds babies being formed in their mothers wombs and no one cares except for the pro-life conservative patriotic Americans 🇺🇲✝️🇻🇦✡🇮🇱
If he gets sentenced to death he’s still gonna have to wait 200 yrs.
No diff than life with out parole.
George stinney jr was innocent but had less time in trials to be executed 17 dead and y’all waiting smh
i usually go for the death penalty but what’s the point? when i found out the texas shooter was dead i was like damnit! now he can’t face a punishment. what’s the difference of killing cruz in court and him killing himself right after the shooting ? death isn’t a punishment but having to live with this is. he thinks he wants to live but once he’s sentenced to life he will wish he got death.
maybe if it’s death by firing squad
He’s a victims of the society ! Give him another chance!
Why should we have to pay for this loser to sit in prison for life.
I still remember this happening on Valentine’s Day . I was in 7th grade .
were you a student?
“Brings me nightmares “ stfu
how could any lawyer defend this lunatic??
Are you joking? Everyone in the USA is guaranteed a fair trial. That is your right no matter how evil you are. Someone has to represent him even if they don’t want to. Lawyers defend lunatics everyday- it’s literally their job. Do you think lawyers only represent good innocent people
Nikolas cruz is a victim of the society give him second a chance!
If this doesnt merit the death penalty, then what does?
Some people don’t deserve the protection of the eight amendment
I knew him when I lived in Florida. He was in high school and I was in middle school in special Ed. This is very sick and he deserves to be in jail forever. I met him at cross creek in pompano.
@r The people he killed were Innocent not him. He even recorded himself days later before the shooting that he was going to do it.
Cap 🤡
@JfrmdaO No I’m deadass. I knew him at cross creek in pompano. It’s a special Ed school
@r Or maybe he recorded himself on the day he did it
What was he like? I heard he was an unstable bully
It’s disgusting
He has nightmares everyday? Good. That’s the least he can have for what that monster did.
Why is there a trial? He clearly did it
We gonna ignore how FINE that judge is?
Obviously I wants death penalty, so he wouldn’t feel a thing..
There is too much Freedom this too much Hypocrisy in this Country
The guy in blue suit looks like lawyer from Better Call Saul.
He needs the death penalty.
Will the democrats that paid him to do this be there as well? The ones that promised him the maximum sentence publicly but life on an Epstein island behind the scenes?
Nope its the republicans
death penalty pls
Why he’s trying so hard to look like a funny 60 year old men, he took the life of 17 people, they were shot multiple times with no mercy, and he’s using big sweaters for what? It’s so strange and disgusting.
Why does this not have more coverage…?
Also put yourself in the shoes of the victims. It’s February 14th, You are excited to see your friends and maybe your crush/girlfriend/boyfriend, You put your favorite clothes and say goodbye to your parents, You are in school, You got a balloon or maybe some chocolates, there’s a drill but nothing to panick, The day is almost over when you hear something “Maybe is a prank” you think, suddenly someone breaks your door glass and starts shooting, your friend dies in front of you, there’s screamings, You are doing your homework when you get shot, You put yourself in order to save other lifes, the gunman chases you, you want to live but you are bleeding, he shots more times, You are injured and being chased by the gunman, You saw a frozen girl and you decide to save her, both of you died, You run as fast as you can, the last bang they heard was the bullet that took your life, your parents are waiting for you to come out, but you cant, You are dead, in the floor, bleeding in your own desk, dead holding a door costing your precious life, police only enters when the shooter leaves, your parents cry for you everyday since then, You were their rainbow baby, their little sister, the light of the house, they cry because you will never achieve all those dreams you had, That’s Parkland victims last day story.
He’s innocent he should get at least probation
fax
I had Elizabeth Sherer as my Judge she’s beautiful but she don’t play ! I wonder when trial will start
He doesn’t deserve death penalty, he deserves to go crazy in jail and suffer.
“This is a life worth saving” really nbc? Really? A person who murdered 17 innocent people and 14 were kids, this is a persons life worth saving? Wow that is just sick of you guys to think like that. Wow just wow
he said the jury’s job is to prove it is a life worth saving. meaning the jury has to prove why he shouldn’t have the death penalty, if they think he shouldn’t
that’s not what they said.
Guarantee he’ll just get life. I don’t believe a word this man says. He has no remorse
wow nick
Set him FREE..
No
DEATH!!!!
Hasn’t it been over 3 years since this shooting happened? It’s ridiculous this case is still going on😭
If Nikolas Cruz doesn’t get the death penalty than he should be serving his life sentence at ADX Florence
So this trial is just to decide life in prison vs death penalty? Waste of taxpayer money.
He shouldn’t get the death penalty, a lifetime of slavery is just a start
SCE Law:
Speedy trial…
Conviction…
Expedited-Execution.
HERE…THIS…IS WHY …THIS EVIL CONTINUES!
17 died and many were shot.
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Why he wearing pedophile glasses?
Prison issued.
He has some gall wearing Dahmer glasses
The flag is flying at half mast now endlessly, so it is easy to lose touch with what particular mass shooting case is being addressed.
Death
The ins and outs of this jury selection has been punishing for Mr. Cruz. Enough is enough. Where are the grownups? Is there a legal “out” to abandon the jury process and let a judge choose death or life w/o parole? I’d opt for a different judge – this one seems tired or biased – maybe it’s me. He seemed contrite when arrested, not the usual “mass shooter mentality.” In the case/s of many mass shooters, a clue has been to look at the mother. In Lanza and Ramos (and Cruz?)., the mother shunted the son out the door to relatives or psychiatrists because they think something is wrong with him (instead of themselves or their parenting). Most parents try hard and want the best outcome. The problem arises when we delegate the fixing of problems out. I’ve studied Cruz’s life and believe he is intrinsically good but exploded from his internal sorrows and pressures. Blessings to all, including you, Mr. Cruz. Hang in there with the rest of us – nothing gets the best of us.
Any theory on why he kills little animals before he went after random high schoolers?
Death penalty 🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣
YEAH BRUDER
Sorry dud your gonna die You killed innocent people duh..
Life without parole with 23 hour solitary confinement death is an easy out he wants to stop living in this nightmare
Four and half years later and we are still trying to pick out a jury.
He pleaded guilty to all murders, so why do we need a jury? How lame. I feel so sorry for the surviving victims to have to endure all of this.
How long will this murder case
Take
It is very sad for families whose children died
Nicholas Cruz must receive the verdict
“Death Penalty” seventeen were killed
Others were severely injured
How long will this case take
Cruz has admitted killing and injuring
So many innocent children and adults
@0:39 how is his lawyer smiling at him? He murdered so many kids
The victims Family’s say they won’t feel any better if he sentenced to death he won’t be able to leave prison no matter what and him dying would not bring back the victims to life but the death penalty might prevent future shootings
you cant live with yourself *sometimes*?
Can he be visited ???
universe
Let’s take away guns so potential shooters can’t access them 🤡 (Neither will anyone trying to defend themselves.)
If you take the lives of so many others you don’t deserve your own.
“This is still a life worth saving” 😂😂😂
If this is not death penalty, then what is?
He looks like he’s wearing clothes from a lost and found bin
A bunch of fools to not properly restrain him ! ☠️☠️☠️ If being a mass murderer isn’t enough reason than the battle he gave the experienced prison guard that was twice his size should make it obvious to a second grader what time it is ! I would like to know what the prison guard that was slammed on the ground by him thinks about him being be unrestrained !🤬
. THE FACE OF EVL !!
That judge is a weapon . I’m thinking of doing a crime just so I can get to meet her
No time makes no sense to be taking care of worthless sick twisted humans like him
Omg make death room for all them shoot them in back of the head them do 1 more time throw the head make sure they are completely gone
Did NBC just assume his gender?
Just give him the chair and let’s watch him sizzle and celebrate
He is a celebrity
Give him the 💉
LIFE:👍
DEATH:👎
Do people not realize he’s trying to look like ted bundy? He thinks if he wears the glasses and a nice shirt that teens will fawn over him like they did in the netflix movie about ted bundy.
He killed 17 people but “I can’t live with myself SOMETIMES” although other times he can live with himself