Posted on 02/17/2018 4:12:23 AM PST by SMGFan
Florida gunman Nikolas Cruz is willing to plead guilty to avoid the death penalty and spare the community from reliving the massacre in a trial, his public defender said.
Cruz is charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder for the Wednesday shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.
Broward County Public Defender Howard Finkelstein, who is representing the confessed gunman, said there's no question he killed the 14 students and three staff members.
"The only question is, does he live or does he die?" Finkelstein asked.
Prosecutors would need to agree not to ask for capital punishment and allow life without parole instead. They could not immediately be reached for comment.
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If he gets “life,” he will most likely meet Mr. Shank in prison. Even in 23 hour lockdown.
Goes into a school and murders as many as he can and now he wants to spare the community. A society that doesn’t put this animal to death is itself demented.
He needs to go on trial. I need to see those calling for Gun control explain why he should not be put to death.
Democrat US Senators, Congressmen, politicians ,
Jimmy Kimmel , will you cry for this man to be kept alive?
Great. How many millions in addition to the lives he already took will this cost us?
How about life while in a metal barrel with only his head sticking out. Let him stew in his own waste while sores and abscesses do him in.
Really; why remove the death penalty option? He’ll be convicted anyway; it isn’t like he has to be coerced into pleading guilty due to a weak case...
How about being realistic?
Incredible minds want to study him, get a grant, write a book. Also, publishers will bid for rights to publish the animal's story. Then there's the documentaries, movie...$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Speaking of realistic, I just read that Bill Galvano (R) has demanded the school be torn down because there was blood everywhere.
Oh, great. Waste a few million MORE public dollars, why don’t cha? Don’t just clean it.... no, no, no... TEAR IT DOWN!
Howard Finklestein is the head of the Public Defender’s Office. He isn’t actually representing him. And the SA better not let hikm plea to life. DEATH PENALTY.
He won’t be executed for twenty years.
I’m OK with him dying behind bars of old age.
For the DA to agree to it, he has to plead guilty and take allocution.
Liberals love murderous scum and we’re talking about Democratic cesspool Broward.
Known as Rush’s baliwick.
How convenient that no one will have to prove any version of events in open court.
I absolutely think that particular building should be razed. Divert lottery money to pay for it.
That used to be common. These days the gangs will turn him into tool for their own pleasure.
Because he'll be eligible for appeals and won't likely be put to death for probably over 20 years.......I think the average time is 16 years and it's increasing.
There was some guy in Florida named Gary Alvord who spent 40 years on death row before he FINALLY died ---of natural causes.......
If he's not going to be put to death right away, it's a waste of time and money to give him the sentence....
The only REAL questions should be first:
WHO ARE HIS ACCOMPLICES?
WHO TRAINED HIM FROM THE GOV’T-BLACK HATS?
WHEN DID THEY LAST CONTACT HIM (and the FBI)?
Let me guess, if he had a connection to the Bush family, he’d probably be walking within about 15 years or so (kinda like the nutball who tried killing Reagan).
BOOJIT !
This was a planned operation by players way more sophisticated than a 17 year old.
I’d rather provide room and board for 40 years than 70...
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