The prosecution spent three weeks telling jurors how Nikolas Cruz murdered 14 students and three staff members at a Florida high school four years ago.
will consider whether the prosecution's aggravating circumstances “outweigh” the defense's mitigating factors.
This is the deadliest U.S. mass shooting to ever reach trial. Nine other gunmen who killed at least 17 people died during or immediately after their shootings, either by suicide or police gunfire. The suspect in theDuring the prosecution's case, McNeill's team never cross-examined any teacher or student who witnessed the slayings and only had brief, mild exchanges with a few other witnesses.
Neither they nor the prosecutors then asked the store owner why the law was changed: Cruz was 19 when the shooting happened and the Republican-led Legislature raised the age limit as part of a larger package of gun laws enacted in response to the shootings.
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