>> ALL THE JURORS IN THIS 12 MEMBER JURY PANEL AGREED THAT THIS WAS THE OUTCOME THAT THEY
HAD WANTED BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU
JUST SAID.
AGAIN, THEY HAD TO BE
UNANIMOUS IN A RECOMMENDATION
FOR DEATH.
I CAN TELL YOU, BEING IN THAT
COURTROOM BEFORE THE VERDICT
FORMS WERE EVEN READ, THE BODY
LANGUAGE OF THE JURORS
THEMSELVES AS THEY WALKED INTO
THE COURTROOM, AS SOON AS SOME
OF THEM LITERALLY STARTED --
WAS PERHAPS AN INDICATE THEY
WEREN’T ON THE SAME PAGE.
>> THE JURY IN THIS CASE.
>> MAY HAVE AGREED THE STATE
PROVED BEYOND A REASONABLE
DOUBT THAT NIKOLAS CRUZ
KNOWINGLY CREATED A GREAT RISK
OF DEATH TO MANY PERSONS.
THAT IT WAS ESPECIALLY.
>> HEINOUS, ATROCIOUS OR
CRUEL.
>> YES.
>> BUT THEY DIDN’T ALL AGREE
THOSE AGGRAVATEDERS OUTWEIGHED
THE REASONS FOR LIFE THE
DEFENSE PRESENTED IN ITS CASE.
FOR ALL 17 COUNTS, A
RECOMMENDATION OF LIFE IN
PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE.
>> WE THANK THE JURORS FOR
THEIR SERVICE, FOR TAKING ON
THIS DIFFICULT TASK.
>> AS THE VERDICT FORMS WERE
READ, A PAIN STAKING PROCESS
FOR FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE
MURDERED IN THE COURTROOM.
>> I DO HOPE THAT THIS WILL
BRING SOME MEASURE OF
FINANCIALTY AND JUSTICE TO
THIS TERRIBLE CHAPTER.
>> A STRIKING CONTRAST IN BODY
LANGUAGE IN THE JURY BOX AS
TWO FEMALE JURORS WERE TEARING
UP, AS TWO MALE JURORS HUDDLED
OVER, VISIBLY PAINED.
THE FOREPERSON GLANCING OVER
AT THEM WITH CONCERN.
AN OLDER FEMALE JUROR IN THE
BACK ROW APPEARED CALM, LOOKED
OVER AT OTHER MEMBERS WITH
EASE.
TO RECOMMEND DEATH, THE JURY
HAD TO BE UNANIMOUS ON EACH
COUNT.
JUST ONE VOTE FOR LIFE, THE
DEFENSE HAD EXPLAINED TO THEM,
IS LIFE.
>> IT’S FOREVER CHANGED OUR
COMMUNITY.
>> FROM COVERING EVERY DAY OF
JURY SELECTION, I CAN TELL YOU
THAT ONE OLDER JUROR FEMALE,
SHE WAS IN THE BACK ROW, SHE’S
THE ONE WHO SEEMED VERY CALM
WITH THE VERDICT FORMS AS THEY
WERE BEING READ.
SHE WOULD GLANCE AT THE FAMILY
MEMBERS A FEW TIMES WITH EASE.
THERE WERE MOMENTS WHERE SHE
WOULD JUST CALMLY DRINK FROM
HER INSULATED COFFEE CUP.
THROUGH JURY SELECTION, WE
LEARNED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
HER.
SHE HAD TOLD THE COURT THAT
SHE WAS A LIBRARY WORKER, SHE
USED TO WORK ADMINISTRATIVE
ROLES IN CHURCHES.
AND WHEN DIRECTLY ASKED DURING
JURY SELECTION, THE DATE HERE
WAS JUNE 22ND.
SHE WAS ASKED BY THE ASSISTANT
PUBLIC DEFENDER, YOU ARE NOT
ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO THINK
THEY ARE QUACKS, RIGHT?
QUACKS REFERRING TO MENTAL
HEALTH EXPERTS.
SHE HAD RESPONDED THEY WERE
HELPFUL TO ME, INDICATING
SHE’S HAD A POSITIVE
EXPERIENCE WITH MENTAL HEALTH
EXPERTS.
THE JUDGE NEEDS TO IMPOSE THAT
SENTENCE, THAT IS GONNA HAPPEN
ON NOVEMBER 1ST.
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