Day 4: Dozens of multiple potential jurors get emotional, are dismissed in Parkland penalty phase

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Nikolas Cruz is accused of killing 17 students and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in February of 2018. Cruz has pleaded guilty to 17 counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder. The trial is expected to last several months.

4 months ago·Parkland, United States

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Day 4: Dozens of multiple potential jurors get emotional, are dismissed in Parkland penalty phase

It’s Day 4, Week 2 of a long road ahead in finding a 12-member death-qualified jury in the penalty phase of confessed Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz’s capital case.In one of his five court-issued shirts, an attentive Cruz reviewed a prospective jury seating chart as he listened to the proceedings.Broward County Judge Elizabeth Scherer once again told potential jurors Monday that this phase of jury selection is focused on hardships some of …

4 months ago·Miami, United States

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Emotional Potential Jurors Dismissed From Parkland Trial

The fourth day of jury selection in the sentencing of convicted mass murderer Nikolas Cruz was highlighted – or lowlighted – by the dismissal of an entire jury panel when eight of the 60 jurors walked out visibly upset on Monday. As Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer was instructing the jurors, seven women and one man left the courtroom, some...

4 months ago·Miami, United States

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