- A defense mental health expert in the penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz can pinpoint when he realized the 23-year-old mass murderer still has "irrational thoughts" — the two were making small talk when Cruz began describing plans for an eventual life...
FORT LAUDERDALE–The jury panel is now set for the penalty phase trial for Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz. Wednesday afternoon, 12 jurors – seven men and five women – were sworn in along with 10 alternates. The jury will decide whether Cruz, 23, receives a sentence of life in priso...
In particular, McNeill highlighted his birth mother’s abuse of drugs and alcohol during his pregnancy, saying Cruz showed signs from a young age of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and antisocial personality disorder. “Because Nikolas was bombarded by all of those things, he was poisoned in the...