Parkland school shooter sentenced to life in prison, concluding lengthy and painful trial

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

44% : The sentence, handed down by Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer, was a formality after a jury last month voted to spare Cruz of the death penalty.
43% : Legal experts have speculated multiple jurors were against the death penalty because of the jury's short deliberation time of little more than a day.
41% : "This should have been the death penalty one hundred percent," said Alyssa's mother, Lori Alhadeff.
41% : The mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School sparked the student-led anti-gun violence group, March For Our Lives which continues to push for federal gun control laws.
38% : Annika Dworet, whose 17-year-old son Nicholas was killed in the shooting, asked what crime, if not Cruz's, could warrant the death penalty.
38% : Though jurors found aggravating factors such as Cruz's cold and calculated behavior were enough to warrant a death penalty, at least one juror believed they were outweighed by mitigating circumstances - Cruz's troubled upbringing, age or mental illness struggles.

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