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Oct 13 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Nikolas Cruz’s chilling reason for ending #Parkland shooting as he says he targeted victims over ‘nasty look’
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Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz has avoided the death penalty after a jury ruled he should be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
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The formal sentencing of Nikolas Cruz will take place on 1 November.

He will be sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole. Judge Scherer cannot increase the sentence to death no matter what.
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🔴 The father of Parkland shooting victim Alyssa Alhadeff spoke a short time ago outside the court where he blasted the jury’s decision not to sentence Nikolas Cruz to death.
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