A former Florida sheriff’s deputy, charged with felony child neglect and additional counts for failing to act during the 2018 massacre at a Parkland, Florida, high school, has been acquitted of all charges. Scot Peterson, a 60-year-old school resource officer at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. On Feb. 14, 2018, 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz, a former…
Sheriff’s Deputy Who Failed to Act During Parkland Massacre Acquitted on All Charges
June 29, 2023
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Sheriff’s Deputy Who Failed to Act During Parkland Shooting Acquitted on All Charges
June 29, 2023
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A former Florida sheriff’s deputy, charged with felony child neglect and additional counts for failing to act during the 2018 massacre at a Parkland, Florida, high school, has been acquitted of all charges. Scot Peterson, a 60-year-old school resource officer at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. On Feb. 14, 2018, 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz, a former…
Florida’s Death Penalty: DeSantis Calls for Repeal of Unanimous Jury Requirement
January 26, 2023
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wants the Florida Legislature to change a state law that requires a unanimous jury vote to impose a death sentence. Speaking at the Florida Sheriffs Association Winter Conference in St. Johns County on Jan. 23, DeSantis called upon Florida’s legislators to reconsider the state’s requirement that a jury must vote unanimously…
Justice Denied in Parkland Killings
Commentary If anyone ever was a better candidate for the death penalty it is Nikolas Cruz. Four years ago the then-20-year-old shot and killed 17 people, most of them students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Cruz pleaded guilty to all counts and last week came the sentencing phase. At least one juror…
Juror in Parkland Shooting Case Was Threatened Before Verdict Reached: Filing
A female juror in the Parkland, Florida, shooting case was threatened during deliberations on Oct. 13, according to a new court filing. The unnamed juror, identified in the filings as “Juror X,” called prosecutors on Thursday afternoon and said that while deliberations were happening, “she received what she perceived to be a threat from a…
Nikolas Cruz Should Have Been Sentenced to Death: DeSantis
The man who admitted to murdering 17 people in a high school in Florida should have been sentenced to death, the state’s governor said on Oct. 13. “I think that if you have a death penalty at all, that is a case where you’re massacring those students with premeditation and utter disregard for basic humanity,…
DeSantis Responds to Nikolas Cruz Sentence
The man who admitted to murdering 17 people in a high school in Florida should have been sentenced to death, the state’s governor said on Oct. 13. “I think that if you have a death penalty at all, that is a case where you’re massacring those students with premeditation and utter disregard for basic humanity,…
Nikolas Cruz, Parkland School Shooter, Avoids Death Penalty for Killing 17
Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz will be sentenced to life without parole for the 2018 murder of 17 people at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, after the jury said on Oct. 13 that it could not unanimously agree that he should be executed. The jury’s recommendation came after seven hours of deliberations over two…
Letter: Parkland School Shooter Fixated With Guns, Dreamed of Killing
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—Four years before Nikolas Cruz murdered 17 people at a Florida high school, therapists at another school wrote a letter to his psychiatrist saying he was fixated on guns and dreamed of killing others and being covered in blood, testimony at his penalty trial showed Thursday. Dr. Brett Negin, testifying for the defense,…
Psychologist: Parkland School Shooter Didn’t Get Consistent Treatment
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—A psychologist who treated Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz when he was 8 years old testified Wednesday that Cruz was a “peculiar child” who had many behavioral and developmental issues but his widowed mother seemed overwhelmed and wasn’t consistent in her discipline or in getting him treatment. Frederick Kravitz said he began treating…
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