Parkland gunman's death penalty trial begins as US reels from mass shootings - The Boston Globe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : After the Parkland shooting, some of the parents of the victims joined with Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students to launch a nationwide campaign for stricter gun laws.
39% : The jury of seven men and five women is being asked to decide whether Cruz, now 23, should receive the death penalty or be sentenced to life in prison for his crimes.
39% : During his opening statement, Satz presented the aggravating factors that he said prosecutors will argue in favor of capital punishment.
34% :The sentencing portion of Cruz's trial comes as the United States reels from a spate of mass shootings that have renewed the debate around gun laws and sparked furor as people are shot dead at places meant to be safe - including schools.
34% : If they do, the jury will consider other possible "mitigating circumstances" that would cause them to instead spare Cruz from capital punishment.

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