Judge formally sentences Parkland school shooter to life in prison

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

42% : A jury last month spared gunman Nikolas Cruz the death penalty after failing to reach a unanimous verdict as required under Florida law.
37% :Before the sentencing, the victims' families offered statements grieving their loved ones and criticizing the justice system for failing to deliver the death penalty.
36% : A South Florida judge formally sentenced the gunman who killed 17 people - including 14 students - at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018 to life in prison on Wednesday, after two days of victim statements from anguished families and survivors, many of whom expressed outrage that the shooter was not given the death penalty.

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