Two public defenders representing gunman Nikolas Cruz could be seen wiping tears while listening to the parents tell through sobs how their client had ruined their lives and stolen their children s.
Grieving Ilan Alhadeff told the court that he is living in anger after his beloved daughter Alyssa, 14, was killed at Parkland s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School by the 23-year-old shooter.
Florida teacher Brittany Sinitch weeps as she recalls her students were writing Romeo and Juliet Valentine s Day themed letters during the 2018 school massacre.
A jury of seven men and five women was tentatively chosen for a penalty trial to decide whether Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz should be sentenced to death or get life in prison for the 2018 attack.
The defense argued a jury tour of the school was highly prejudicial and unnecessary. However, the judge disagreed, ruling it would help jurors analyze several of the aggravators they seek to prove.