YOU ARE A NATURAL EVIL KILLER. I THOUGHT THE DEVIL DID NOT EXIST UNTIL DEATH PUT US IN
FRONT IN THE SPOT.
>> I AM PAINFULLY AWARE THAT
SENTENCING HIM TO DEATH WILL
NOT RING HER BACK AND I AM THE
ONLY ONE ON THIS HALF OF THE
ROOM HAVE TO GO HOME AND LIVE
WITH THAT FOREVER.
>> STRONG WORDS TODAY FROM VIC
ADAMS FAMILIES IN THE PARKLAND
SHOOTING.
THEY ARE GIVING THEIR IMPACT
REPORTS.
>> IT COMES AS THE DEATH
NOVELTY IS LOOMING OVER NIKOLAS
CRUZ.
WE ARE JOINED LIVE FROM THE
FORT LAUDERDALE COURTHOUSE.
>> HE HAS SOME OF THE
STATEMENTS FROM THE FAMILIES
WHO WERE OUTRAGED OF THAT
JURY’S DECISION.
>> KRISTI, THAT HEARING AS YOU
MENTIONED MAKING FOR A RECESS
HERE ABOUT 10 MINUTES AGO.
THEY ARE, HOWEVER, EXPECTED TO
RECONVENE THIS AFTERNOON TO
RESUME THE SENTENCING HEARING.
WE KNOW THE SHOOTER IN THIS
CASE IS FACING A SENTENCE OF
LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT THE
POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE.
THIS HEARING TODAY WAS MORE SO
FOR THE FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS
ALLOWING THEM TO ADDRESS THE
SHOOTER FOR THE VERY FIRST
TIME.
MANY OF THEM TAKING ISSUE WITH
THE FACT HE AVOIDED THE DEATH
PENALTY ALTOGETHER.
>> HE WAS STOLEN FROM US BY AN
UNIMAGINABLE ACT THAT YOU
PLANNED AND EXECUTED.
>> POWERFUL AND EMOTIONAL
TESTIMONY TODAY FROM FAMILY
MEMBERS OF THE 17 VICTIMS
KILLED IN THE PARKLAND
SHOOTING.
THERE STATEMENTS MADE AS PART
OF THE SHOOTER SENTENCING
HEARING BEFORE THE JUDGE
FORMALLY SENTENCES HIM TO LIFE
IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE.
>> AFTER TODAY I DON’T CARE
WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU.
YOU WILL BE SENT TO JAIL YOU
WILL BEGIN YOUR PUNISHMENT YOU
WILL BE A NUMBER AND FOR MEAT
YOU WILL CEASE TO EXIST.
>> UNLIKE THE PENALTY TRIAL
PHASE WHEN WITNESSES WERE
RESTRICTED FROM RINGING UP
CERTAIN THINGS IN FRONT OF THE
JURY TODAY’S HEARING ALLOWED
FAMILIES TO FREELY SPEAK THEIR
MINDS BY ADDRESSING THE SHOOTER
DIRECTLY.
>> YOU GUYS ONE FOR NOW.
BASICALLY WE LOST, FOR NOW.
>> FOR THOSE WHO GOT TO SPEAK
WAS ONE GRANDFATHER WHO REFUSED
TO ADDRESS THE SHOOTER BY HIS
NAME.
>> I HOPE YOUR MAKER SENDS YOU
DIRECTLY TO HELL FOR THE REST
OF YOUR ETERNITY.
>> SURVIVOR STACY LAPEL ALSO
GIVING A STATEMENT REMINDING
THE SHOOTER HOW HE CHANGED HER
LIFE FOREVER.
>> I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU DON’T
KNOW ME BUT YOU TRIED TO KILL
ME.
I WILL HAVE A SCAR ON MY ARM IN
THE MEMORY OF YOU POINTING YOUR
GUN AT ME INGRAINED IN MY BRAIN
FOREVER.
>> IN AN EMOTIONAL MOMENT THE
MOTHER OF THE THEM JOAQUIN
OLIVER SPOKE OUT DIRECTING HER
ANGER TOWARDS THE SHOOTER’S OWN
DEFENSE TEAM WHO HELPED HIM
AVOID A DEATH SENTENCE WHEN THE
JURY FAILED TO COME BACK WITH A
BROKE.
I AM BROKEN.
I AM BROKEN.
I AM BROKEN.
AND I AM BROKEN.
YOU ARE ALL ON THE SAME TEAM.
>> ANOTHER PARENT WHO SPOKE
THIS MORNING WAS MAX SCHACHTER
WHO LOST HIS SON IN THAT
SHOOTING IN COURT TODAY.
HE VOWED TO DO EVERYTHING IN
HIS POWER TO HELP CHANGE THE
LAW IN FLORIDA THAT REQUIRES A
UNANIMOUS JURY DECISION FOR THE
DEATH PENALTY.
AGAIN, THE SENTENCING HEARING
NOW IN A BRIEF RECESS.
THEY ARE EXPECTED TO RECONVENE
AROUND 1:30 THIS AFTERNOON.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO WATCH LIVE
CATTLE GAVEL COVERAGE YOU CAN
FIND IT ON OUR OWN WEBSITE AT
LOCAL10.com.
FOR NOW THAT’S THE LATEST LIVE
FROM THE COURTHOUSE.
I AM TRENT KELLY, LOCAL 10
NEWS.
>> SUCH AN EMOTIONAL DAY THANK
YOU TRENT.
WE WILL HAVE CONTINUING
COVERAGE THROUGHOUT THE STATE
DURING THE SENTENCING HEARING