On Wednesday, Nikolas Cruz the mass shooter behind the Parkland high school shooting that killed 17 students and staff, was formally sentenced to life in prison.
Last month, a jury ruled to spare Cruz, 24, from the death penalty, which requires an unanimous vote by all 12 jurors, instead sentencing him to life in prison without parole.
Last year, Cruz pleaded guilty to premeditated murder for his rampage on Feb. 14, 2018, facing the three-month penalty trial earlier this year.
“How much worse would the crime have to be to warrant the death penalty?”
– Annika Dworet, the mother of 17-year-old victim Nicholas Dworet
