WATCH: Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz sentenced to life in prison without parole

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : The jury voted on Oct. 13 to spare him from execution.
43% : They noted that in his youth, he was exposed to drugs, alcohol, and nicotine in utero and that he had a "neurodevelopmental disorder associated with prenatal alcohol exposure."Numerous people giving their testimonies on Tuesday and Wednesday railed against Cruz's defense team for succeeding to get him out of the death penalty, including Patricia Oliver, who lost her son Joaquin.
40% : Scherer was forced to impose a sentence of life without parole after a jury in the gunman's penalty trial did not unanimously agree that he deserved the death penalty last month.
38% : Before the penalty trial decision last month, defense attorneys said Cruz's lifetime of struggles in both home and school should prevent him from receiving the death penalty, citing 41 possible mitigating circumstances.

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