The jury will also be absent this week as the sides argue before Scherer, who will decide whether brain scans, tests and other evidence the defense wants to present starting Aug.
NIKOLAS CRUZ TRIAL
Alhadeff's voice rose as he recounted her "infectious laugh that I can only get to watch now on TikTok videos."īut first, the trial took last week off to accommodate some jurors' requests to deal with personal matters. Ilan Alhadeff erupted in anger Tuesday as he told jurors about his 14-year-old daughter Alyssa, who was murdered by Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz along with 16 others four years ago. Raw video: Grieving father erupts in anger on the stand at Parkland shooter penalty trialĭr. Soon, it will be Cruz's attorneys arguing why he should be spared, hoping to convince at least one juror their mitigating factors outweigh the prosecution's aggravating circumstances - a death sentence must be unanimous.
WATCH: At Parkland shooter's trial, grieving father erupts in anger on the stand: 'This is not normal' They watched video of the former Stoneman Douglas student calmly ordering an Icee minutes after the shooting and, nine months later, attacking a jail guard. The jurors also watched graphic surveillance videos saw gruesome crime scene and autopsy photos received emotional testimony from teachers and students who witnessed others die and heard from tearful and angry parents, spouses and other family members about the victims and how their loved one's death impacted their lives. 4 after the panel toured the still-bloodstained, bullet-pocked classroom building where the massacre happened. Prosecutors made their argument for death to the seven-man, five-woman jury and 10 alternates over three weeks, resting their case Aug. Surveillance video shows him mowing down his victims with an AR-15-style semiautomatic rifle and he confessed, eventually pleading guilty in October. 14, 2018, there has never been any doubt his remaining years would be behind bars, sentenced to death or life without parole. Since his arrest about an hour after he murdered 14 students and three staff members at Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. and ate his entire meal.Cruz, of course, will never be free. Deputies described his appearance as relaxed and his behavior as cooperative.
Cruz has a high-profile case and is on suicide watch,” Chief Assistant Public Defender Gordon Weekes said in a statement.Ĭruz is housed in a single-man cell in the infirmary, three days after the massacre in Parkland. “They are snippet observations from corrections officers and are not clinical impressions made by his treating psychologist or psychiatrist at the jail. His lawyer cautioned against reading too much into the notes. Nikolas Cruz's brother regrets bullying school shooter, police report saysĭeputies outlined Cruz’s movements and interactions in brief one-liners and checked boxes throughout their shifts. (Photo by Mike Stocker-Pool/Getty Images) Pool/Getty Images North America/Getty Images Cruz is facing 17 charges of premeditated murder in the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. LAUDERDALE - FEBRUARY 19: Nikolas Cruz appears in court for a status hearing before Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer on Februin Ft.
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