A judge in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Wednesday formally sentenced Nikolas Cruz to life in prison without the possibility of parole for killing 17 people in the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
Cruz sat silently as Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer formally handed down the life sentence. The 24-year-old will be transferred to federal prison, where he will remain until his death.
The formal sentencing came a day after family members of the victims had a chance to directly address Cruz in court, unleashing their grief and anger.
Many wished him a painful death and expressed hope that he would be raped or killed in prison.
“This creature has no redeemable value,” Max Schachter, whose 14-year-old son Alex was killed in the massacre, said Tuesday.
Addressing Cruz, Schachter said he hopes “other prisoners you will encounter in your new life will inflict that pain upon you, hopefully 17 times over again, until you are screaming for mercy, just like your victims.”
“We hope that you, the monster who did this to our son, endure a painful existence in your remaining days,” said Eric Wikander, the father of student Ben Wikander, who has undergone seven surgeries to repair his wounds.
He should be set free, but instead he’s demonized by a Democratic lynch mob. What ever happened to the Second Amendment?
Kamala may get him out !!!!!
Life Only means 25 years & for Good behavier / working / prison overcrowding he can CUT that in HALF !!!!
so it’s ok to kill innocent babies who have done no wrong, but not this monster?
We need FIRING SQUAD in all 50 states for this EXACT KIND of criminal !!!! SOLVED No more just TIME !!!!
Electric Chair should be returned for these occasions !!!! with a SLOOOW high voltage !!!!!