Florida To Seek Death Penalty For Nikolas Cruz

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

Nikolas Cruz, the author of the recent massacre at a Florida high school, could face the death penalty, prosecutor Michael J revealed. Satz, who assured that in the trial against the 19-year-old, he will seek the imposition of capital punishment.

Despite the fact that Cruz's defense team has made it clear that he is willing to accept his guilt in the facts, it seems that the prosecutors in charge of the case will not agree to a life sentence and will do everything possible to ensure the execution of the perpetrator of the terrible shooting.

Surely it will not be an easy trial, in addition to being unprecedented, since of the 10 worst massacres that have occurred in recent history of the United States, Cruz is the only author who has managed to be captured alive.

According to a report in The New York Times, prosecutor Satz has participated in 347 cases that have ended with a death sentence. As early as February, he had expressed signs of his team's plans during the trial. "This is the type of case for which the death penalty was created," said the litigator.

The revelation by the team of prosecutors defending Broward County, where Stoneman Douglas High School is located, came just before the expected national student march in which they will call for better controls for gun ownership in the country.

In the tragedy, which occurred on February 14 in the small city of Parkland, 17 people lost their lives and 17 others were injured. Cruz faces 34 charges against her including premeditated murder and attempted first-degree murder.