ANOTHER SCHOOL/PUBLIC SHOOTING

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Death Penalty Notice for Florida High School Mass Shooter


The former student charged with killing 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School last month will face the death penalty, prosecutors said today.

Nikolas Cruz, 19, is scheduled for formal arraignment tomorrow on a 34-count indictment, including 17 first-degree murder charges.

Cruz's attorneys have said he would plead guilty if the death penalty was not pursued in the Valentine's Day massacre.

The office of Broward County State Attorney Michael Satz filed the formal notice of its intentions Tuesday. The action by prosecutors Tuesday does not necessarily mean a plea deal will not be reached.

Full story: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...oting.html
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I hope this one results in a guilty plea, avoiding the massively expensive and years-long legal proceedings associated with death penalty trials. A quick plea and a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole works for me (so long as the victims' families agree).

I doubt a jury would sentence Cruz to death considering all the red flags he was tossing up, with no serious intervention attempts by authorities.