Parkland School Shooter Trial: Choosing Life or Death for a Monster

The Law&Crime Network's Jesse Weber provides a full recap of the Parkland school shooter trial, where victims' families heard the horrific details of the massacre over a span of months while a jury was tasked with deciding the fate of the convicted gunman.

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[Grrrfrend]

This is a no-brainer for me. He killed 17 people. He forfeits his right to breathe. If we have a death penalty and don't use it for these multiple murderers, when WILL we?!

[cooper]

As a father I cannot imagine the heartache of these parents . And the surviving victims having to live with this the rest of their lives . These precious children, I don't know what else to say my heart just aches .

[alisababy]

The title of the video and the art work is so respectful to the families I like that!

[kjh]

That description of Alex’s death is one of the worse ones I’ve heard . All of them were heartbreaking.

[LoveHandle]

He’s gonna spend the rest of his life being tortured by all the other prisoner’s so at least there is justice after all.

[CryptoPump]

One of the worst things as a parent you can do for your kids is to be overprotective of them preventing them from growing but with the amount of dangers in this world it's hard not to be.

[c.erine]

Very tastefully told, thanks Law & Crime/Jesse for being respectful and thinking of the Families. ❤

[sharonbrown]

The reports of the autopsies was so hard to listen to . They saw the pics we didn’t now that would have been even worse. One of the young men that tried to save his classmates was shot multiple times to his head and it was just horrible tragic and terrible …….. to realize the damage he had to his head. I was crying and not even there or my child. May the victims all rip and the families can somehow now heal

[justme-crzc]

My heart broke when he was asked what he wants to tell his dad...I can't believe the few jurors chose life and not execution. This is one of the most clear cut, should have been execution, I've seen.

[patriciakreckman]

My mother was an alcoholic all my life. I have 4 siblings. My mother drank while pregnant with all of us. She was also a smoker & smoked while pregnant with all of us. I am the oldest and the child rearing was delegated to me at 11. So was a lot of the cooking. Each of us children chose our own way as we grew up. Some went farther then others. A couple of brothers went into manual labor, my sister opened her own business, I went to college & ended up an accomplished chef.
All of us ended up smokers, but none of us had mental or social problems although she drank for over 40 years.
When you pay for someones opinion they are more apt to be on your side.
Life is hard for a lot of children now a days. Gone are the days when you came home from school and mom was there to greet you with a snack. This economy forces both parents to work unless you're rich. It's hard to believe that no one could see the anger building up in this kid. A teacher, a student, friends if not parents. It is a shame he felt there was no one he could speak to about these feelings before he erupted in a deadly massacre. I'm afraid this won't be the last one we hear of, especially when we keep allowing children to purchase assault weapons.

[deborahlykins]

Great reporting Jesse Weber. Praying for the families and victims.

[Mamabear_of]

Those attorneys who were laughing with this little punk should be FIRED, and their license to practice law taken away! Who in their right mind as a professional would sit and laugh with a confessed killer!?!?

[cyankirkpatrick]

People like Nicholas Cruz should get no mercy.

[ellieonpangaea]

THANK YOU for honouring Scott and the other 16 victims by following his mother’s wishes to not have his name publicised ❤

[Timmichanga]

There is ZERO doubt that the 1 juror lied to get on that jury then sat through 3 mnths of testimony knowing NONE OF IT would move them from their own personal position on the death penalty.

[JooJooShrimp]

Idk why people prefer death sentence. I feel like life in Prison Is a harsher and more fitting punishment

[aprilm]

LIFE UNTIL SOMEONE TAKES HIM OUT IN PRISON IS OK WITH ME

[Kweghp]

It’s over, no one needs to talk about him anymore. Don’t give him the sick notoriety he wants.

[alexcarlyle]

I can understand if this guy went after a couple of bullies who harassed him but the fact that he wiped out 17 innocent people who did very little to nothing to him is just mind blowing. Truly evil and narcissistic.

[JasonDeanJDForShort]

These poor parents went through to imaginable, yet they are still respectful, sweet, and confident.
And when they were upset when Mrs. Mechnieghel flipped them off LAUGHING WITH THE MURDERER WHILE DOING IT and when they were upset, Mr. Weeks said they were in-sighting violence. This made me so livid. I’m so proud of everyone in that court room handling it very well and respectfully. Rest in piece to the beautiful souls.