Parkland shooting victims' families address Nikolas Cruz before sentencing | USA TODAY #Shorts

After a nearly three-month trial and more than four years after the Parkland, Florida shooting, jurors voted to spare Nikolas Cruz's life in October.

Anguished families of the 17 people slain by Nikolas Cruz told the Parkland school shooter he would "burn in hell" on day one of his two-day sentencing hearing Tuesday. 

Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer will sentence him to life in prison this week. The jury's decision to decline the death penalty was met with dismay and disgust by the victims' family members after the verdict — and on Tuesday. 

David Robinovitz, the grandfather of 14-year-old victim Alyssa Alhadeff, referred to Cruz only as "Parkland murderer" in court Tuesday. When the gunman dies, Robinovitz said, he hoped Cruz's ashes would be thrown into a landfill. "You know why?" he asked. "Because garbage to garbage."

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[jaegermasters]

He dont care. You can tell he dont care about what anyone is saying.

[apilotg]

There should be a law that allows the family of the deceased to have an hour alone with the perpetrators to do as they please with them.

[lilybond]

He has no remorse. It always bothers me when the families of the victims get to speak to the killer — as if it is going to mean anything to the killer. It never does and only adds to the killer’s delight. What they should do — is allow the victim’s families to be alone in a room with the killer, whose hands are tied behind his back for a minimum of 15 minutes. Now THAT would be justice.

[Bombabingbong]

Never give a Psycho Narcissist the pleasure of seeing your pain...He is feeding off it.

[Violet-jyqs]

The way he just stares at the families he murdered is disgusting, he is the devil

[bannedinB.C]

I get the victims and families wants to say their piece, but he looks like he enjoys it to be honest no remorse. He’s definitely into hearing how it effects them daily.

[muckraker]

I will NEVER be convinced, that it is more expensive to euthanize a prisoner than it is to support them in prison for half a century.
There was no justice served here. This sinister individual needed to be returned to a preconception state of existence.

[mansoor]

Death penalty is the only deterance to such criminals.

[thatmozzie]

Bring back capital punishment for school shooters. No joke. Make the consequences worthy of the crime.

[anamariecameron]

Stop letting evil psychopath monsters live

[timfreedom]

Prayers to the victims of this senseless crime. If your Prolife, this is what you should be focused on. STOP the SCHOOL SHOOTINGS

[NobleUnclean]

idk, i personally think that life in prison is much worse than death

[monaestrada]

Why isn't there an automatic death penalty for these guys? There no doubt! OMG these die hard legal rights people have destroyed our judicial system. Criminals have more rights than the victims and their families!

[sheilabyrum]

I don't understand what merits the death penalty if you can do something like this

[ragemodels]

This is sooooTRAGIC & TERRIBLE !!! If they would just Ban sales of GUNS especially assault rifles then all of this could have been avoided !!!

[johnhironimus]

He is a product of our society the hatred that you throw at him will eat a huge hole in you the only way forward is and always will be forgiveness let the hate go and you will slowly heal feed the fire and it will always burn i lost my daughter to the streets as well

[pilarreiman]

Isn't fair for the families that the killer goes to prison and gets TV, internet, education, medical, orthodontics, and if he request workshops and exercise.

[forthelove]

He shouldn't be able to hide behind the mask.

[petertran]

I dont get the death penalty. That the easy way out . Why not let gim suffer why give him the death penalty

[MelodiaTodoElDia]

Life sentence is WAY better in terms of punishment and revenge than death. Why go people always want death penalty??? It makes no sense. He won't suffer, the people around him will and that is not fair to them, to the victims or to the people around the victims.