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'Stunned, devastated': Parents of Parkland victims react to shooter's life sentence

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Parents of those killed in the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, left the courtroom in tears on Thursday after the jury said it could not unanimously agree that the gunman should be executed.Nikolas Cruz, now 24, will be sentenced to life without parole for murdering 14 students and three staff members and wounding 17 others on Feb. 14, 2018. He previously pleaded guilty a year ago to the crimes and said he chose Valentine’s Day to make it impossible for Stoneman Douglas students to celebrate the holiday ever again."I'm disgusted with those jurors.

I'm disgusted with the system that you can allow 17 dead and 17 others shot and wounded, and not get the death penalty," Dr. Ilan Alhadeff, the father of 14-year-old Parkland victim Alyssa Alhadeff, said after the verdict. "What do we have the death penalty for? What is the purpose of it?" Alhadeff questioned. "I pray that that animal suffers every day of his life in jail."(L) Dr.

Ilan Alhadeff, the father of 14-year-old Parkland victim Alyssa Alhadeff, speaks to news reporters on Oct. 13, 2022. (R) Gena Hoyer reacts as she awaits the verdict at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

(Photos by FOX The jury’s recommendation came after seven hours of deliberations over two days, ending a three-month trial that included graphic videos, photos, and testimony from the massacre and its aftermath, heart-wrenching testimony from victims’ family members, and a tour of the still blood-spattered high school building.Under Florida law, a death sentence requires a unanimous vote on at least one count. Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer will formally issue the life sentences on Nov. 1.

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'Stunned, devastated': Parents of Parkland victims react to shooter's life sentence

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Parents of those killed in the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, left the courtroom in tears on Thursday after the jury said it could not unanimously agree that the gunman should be executed.Nikolas Cruz, now 24, will be sentenced to life without parole for murdering 14 students and three staff members and wounding 17 others on Feb. 14, 2018. He previously pleaded guilty a year ago to the crimes and said he chose Valentine’s Day to make it impossible for Stoneman Douglas students to celebrate the holiday ever again."I'm disgusted with those jurors.

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Florida man serving a 400-year sentence walks free after 'flawed' trial testimony discredited: report

BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. - A Florida man serving out a 400-year sentence has just walked out of prison a free man after three decades thanks to a re-examination of his case. "As prosecutors, our only agenda is to promote public safety in our community and to ensure that justice is served," Broward State Attorney Harold F. Pryor said in a statement.

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Video: Man attacks mother with 3 small children as they walk into grocery store

NORTH LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Surveillance video from a Florida grocery store shows the moment a man followed a mother with three small children into the store and attacked her before trying to rob her.Video shared by the Broward County Sheriff’s Office in North Lauderdale, Florida, shows the mother park her vehicle in the grocery store parking lot and walk toward the store. The man who attacked her can be seen walking nearby.As the woman and her children walk into the store, the man grabs her from behind.

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Florida man left dead animals at Parkland school shooting memorial, sheriff says

(Photo: Broward Sheriff's Office) FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - A Florida man has been charged with leaving dead animals on three separate occasions at a memorial for the 17 victims of the Parkland school massacre, officials said Friday.Robert Mondragon, 29, is being held without bail on three felony charges of defacing a monument for his alleged actions outside Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and for violating probation on an earlier conviction for battery and indecent exposure.Broward County sheriff's investigators said on the night of July 20, Mondragon put a dead, cut-open duck on the bench that is part of the memorial garden outside the school commemorating the victims of the Feb. 14, 2018, massacre.RELATED: Sheriff: Sarasota father, daughter share Snapchat video of them burning raccoon alive, get arrestedThe next night, Mondragon left a dead raccoon on the bench and on July 31 he left a dead opossum, investigators said.After he was identified as a suspect, a deputy pulled him over and found blood and feathers in his car.

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Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz's disturbing jailhouse drawings show images of mass murder, Satanic messages

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Since the beginning of his trial, confessed Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz has been seen sitting at the defense table, often with his head down as he doodles in a notebook.His defense attorneys say he often does the same thing in his cell at the Broward County Jail, where he is being held in solitary confinement.For the first time, the public is being given a glimpse of what he has been drawing while behind bars.On Monday, many of Cruz's sketches were released to local media outlets in South Florida. As WSVN reports, many of the pages were too graphic to broadcast.RELATED: Parkland shooter trial: Defense details Nikolas Cruz's troubled past that left him 'damaged' prior to massacreSeveral drawings show automatic weapons and various ammunition.

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Florida sergeant arrested on felony charges after video showed him grabbing fellow officer by the throat

A stillframe from bodycam video shows Sunrise Police Sgt. Christopher Pullease grabbing an officer by the throat when she tried to deescalate a situation involving a suspect.

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Florida man arrested in 2016 killing of prominent Dallas lawyer Ira Tobolowsky

DALLAS - Police in Florida have made an arrest for the 2016 murder of a prominent Dallas attorney.Ira Tobolowsky was found dead in his burning garage six years ago.Investigators determined the fire was intentionally set and Tobolowsky's death was ruled a homicide.The medical examiner said he died of blunt force injuries, burns, and smoke inhalation.RELATED: Smoke, burns & blunt force trauma led to local attorney's deathOn Wednesday, Steven Aubrey was booked into the Broward County Jail and charged with capital murder in Tobolowsky's death.Police said Tobolowsky was the attorney for Aubrey’s mother in a case against him.

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Video shows naked NFL star Malik McDowell's arrest in South Florida

Cleveland Browns defensive tackle Malik McDowell was arrested in Florida on Monday after allegedly exposing himself near a learning center and violently attacking an officer, according to a report and police records. McDowell, 25, was charged with one count of aggravated battery on an officer, resisting arrest and public exposure for an incident that took place in Deerfield Beach, Broward County Jail records showed Tuesday.BROWNS’ KEVIN STEFANSKI EXPECTS BAKER MAYFIELD TO ‘BOUNCE BACK’ NEXT SEASONDeputies received a call Monday of reports of naked man walking near a school, according to an arrest report obtained by the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Assistant State Attorney Eric Linder later clarified that the man, identified as McDowell, had entered the property of a learning center where children were inside and was captured on surveillance footage, naked. According to the report, McDowell charged at a deputy on the scene "at full speed with a closed fist" and a "violent attack" ensued.

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Former NFL star Lawrence Taylor arrested in Florida on sex offender violation charge

NFL great and Pro Football Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor was arrested in Florida for failing to register as a sex offender, according to court records. Taylor, 62, allegedly didn't tell authorities he changed addresses, which sex offenders are required to do. He was reportedly released after several hours in police custody.

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