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BACK TO YOU.
>>> YOU NEED TO SIT DOWN, YOU’RE
OUT OF LINE.
YOU’RE EXCUSE ED.
SIT IN THE BACK WITH YOUR CHIEF
PUBLIC DEFENDER.
>> HEATED EXCHANGE IN COURT FOR
A SENTENCING HEARING FOR THE
PARKLAND SCHOOL SHOOTER.
>> IT COMES AFTER THE FAMILY’S
GAVE THEIR STATEMENTS.
WE’RE LIVE IN THE COURTROOM WITH
DETAILS, THIS DID SOUND TESTY IN
THERE.
>> THE TENSE EXCHANGE YOU JUST
HEARD BETWEEN THE JUDGE AND THE
DEFENSE ATTORNEYS IN THIS CASE,
ALL OF THIS COMING IN THE WAKE
OF WHAT WAS A SURGE OF EMOTION
AS FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE
MURDERED HAD AN OPPORTUNITY IN
THE SENTENCING HEARING TO DO
SOMETHING THEY WERE NOT
PERMITTED TO DO IN THE TRIAL
IMPACT STATEMENTS.
THAT’S TO STATE THEIR OPINION
AND SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THE
DEFENDANT.
SOME OF THE DEFENSE ATTORNEYS
THOUGHT THAT SOME VEERED INTO
TERRITORY THAT CROSSED A LINE.
LET’S LISTEN IN TO WHAT SOME OF
THE FAMILY MEMBERS TOLD THE
COURT AND THE DEFENDANT.
>> YOU DON’T KNOW ME.
BUT YOU TRIED TO KILL ME.
>> SHOOTING SURVIVORS --
>> YOU’RE A MONSTER WITH NO
REMORSE AND EVERY BREATH YOU
TAKE IS A BREATH WASTED.
>> LISTEN TO ME, WHILE KILLING
MY SON.
>> FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE
MURDERED.
>> HE SHOULDN’T LIVE WHILE MY
SISTER ROTS IN THE GRAVE.
>> THE DEFENSE SAID THE DEATH
PENALTY WAS RESERVED FOR THE
WORSE OF THE WORSE.
>> HE’S NOT THE WORSE OF THE
WORSE.
>> THE WIDOW AND SON.
>> YOU WERE GIVEN A GIFT, A GIFT
OF GRACE AND MERCY, SOMETHING
YOU DID NOT SHOW TO ANY OF YOUR
VICTIMS.
>> CHALLENGE THE DEFENSE’S
REASONS FOR LIFE THEIR CLIENT
WAS BRAIN DAMAGED AND BROKEN.
>> I AM BROKEN.
I AM BROKEN.
I AM BROKEN.
>> HERE’S THE MOM.
>> OLIVER, NOW, WE’RE ALL
BROKEN.
>> YOU’RE MAKING THE MENTAL
HEALTH CRISIS WORSE BY
MISREPRESENTING WHAT ACTUALLY
HAPPENED TO THE PARKLAND MURDER.
>> IT PRESENTED THREE THAT LIFE
WAS THE APPROPRIATE PUNISHMENT.
IN FLORIDA A CHOICE OF DEATH
MUST BE UNANIMOUS.
>> EVERY SINGLE --
>> THE SISTER.
>> LOOK AT THIS CASE AND SAY TO
THEMSELVES, ALL I HAVE TO DO IS
CLAIM MENTAL ILLNESS AND I CAN
GET AWAY WITH IT.
>> THROUGH TEARS, ANGUISH AND
ANGER, THEY SPOKE OF MURDER AS
THEFT.
>> YOU STOLE FILM US, AND YOU
DID NOT -- HIM FROM US, AND YOU
DIDN’T GET THE JUSTICE YOU
DESERVED.
>> HE -- SHE’S NEVER GOING TO GO
TO COLLEGE, GET A JOB OR GET
MARRIED.
>> EVERY DAY EVERY HOLIDAY,
THERE’LL BE AN EMPTY CHAIR, A
MISSING LAUGH.
>> I’LL NEVER GET TO LOOK AT HER
FACE, THE LAST TIME I SAW HER
SWEET FACE WAS WHEN LIFELESS AND
COLD LAYING IN A COFFIN.
I BELIEVE THAT SOMEONE WHO ROBS
A HUMAN BEING, LET ALONE 17 OF
THEM, GETTING TO KEEP THE
PRIVILEGES IS NOT AN EXAMPLE OF
JUSTICE.
>> WE ALSO HEARD TODAY FROM --
GRANDPARENTS, A NEW DETAIL, I
NEVER KNEW BEFORE, YOU MAY
REMEMBER THAT NIKOLAS CRUZ
WORKED IN A DOLLAR STORE AND
EXPLAINS THERE’S VALENTINE’S DAY
CARDS STILL IN HER CLOSET THAT
SHE PURCHASED ON THAT DAY IN
2018.
WE LEARNED SHE PURCHASED THEM
FROM NIKOLAS CRUZ.
I HAD NO IDEA THE CLERK AT THE
DOLLAR STORE IS THE PERSON
RESPONSIBLE FOR KILLING HER
GRAND DAUGHTER AND TAKING THAT
TIME AWAY FROM THEM.
YOU’LL HEAR MORE AT 4.