it is very clear already from the first few hours of this hearing, this penalty stage which we expect to go on for four, possibly five months, it s going to be a long drawn out procedure. we know from the reactions already of some of those people in the courtroom, how difficult it was, once again, to hear repeated necessarily repeated by the prosecutor as he laid out what happened, as he named all of those people who lost their lives and 17 others who were injured. it was simply too much for some people and they had to leave the courtroom in tears. peter bowes there. jury selection has begun in the trial of steve bannon, the former close aide to donald trump. he faces charges of criminal contempt of congress for refusing to cooperate with the investigation into the storming of the capitol by trump supporters last year.
the fact that he went back to some of his victims repeatedly to shoot them again, to make sure that they were dead. the mitigating circumstances are likely to be accounts of his growing up, of his childhood, his emotional problems, the psychological problems, that we have already heard he suffered from as a young boy. he was 19 years old when this happened, he is 23 now. that is quite simply the choice that the jury has, either a lethal injection, the death sentence or life in prison without the possibility of parole. there are members, relatives and families of the victims. it must be so difficult. it is clear already from the first few hours of this hearing, this penalty stage, which we expect to go
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and some tracer rounds. it is going to be a big event and when you see me on the news, you will know who i am. you are all going to die. oh, yeah, i can t wait. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes has followed today s trial opening. clearly the focus is on this, the penalty stage of the trial. are there aggravating circumstances, factors, that justify the death sentence? or are there mitigating circumstances, that we will no doubt hear from the defence later on in the trial? the situations that they that may well justify the death sentence and we are hearing those from the prosecution the fact that this was clearly planned by nicolas cruz, several days, perhaps longer than that, in advance, that the brutal nature of what he did,
stop you are all going to die stop oh, yes, i cannot wait. joining me now is our north america correspondent, peter bowes. nicolas cruz has pleaded guilty this is than the battle to win over a jury as to whether there is real contrition or if he deserves the death penalty, is that about right? that about right? that is exactly right. that about right? that is exactly right. this - that about right? that is exactly right. this is - that about right? that is. exactly right. this is quite that about right? that is - exactly right. this is quite an unusual situation and clearly the focus is on this, the penalty stage of the trial. are there aggravating circumstances that justify the death circumstances or mitigating circumstances, that we will no doubt hear from the defence later on in the trial. the situation that they justify that death sentence, we are hearing from the prosecution, the fact this was clearly planned by nicolas cruz, several days, perhaps longer, in advance, the brutal