others shot and wounded and not give the death penalty. what do we have the den penalty for? we came here seeking justice. we were hoping for justice. and unfortunately, we didn t get it today. the jury foreman later told the local affiliate that three jurors voted to spare his life. florida requires a unanimous vote in order to impose a death sentence. turning now to the war in ukraine. russia s missile strikes target more civilians in a brutal campaign of retaliation after that bridge explosion last weekend. nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel has the latest from one city that came under assault. reporter: eight russian missiles rained down on this area. one took the top of an apartment building. we happened to be nearby, able to document what is now the evil. russia s war on ukrainian cities.
expletive from her father. her mom covering her face in anguish. elon telling reporters what he thought of the outcome. i m disgusted with our legal system. i m disgusted with those jurors. reporter: the jury foreman said three jurors voted against the den pat any at this. one of them because cruz was mentally ill. it was one of 40 mitigating factors to persuade jurors that death wasn t the appropriate sentence. other mitigating factors, that cruz had been exposed to alcohol and drugs in the womb and that he had been sexually assaulted by a peer. what went through his mind is critical in sparing his life. those only seemed to draw fury from parents whose 14-year-old daughter gina was shot four times. pressing the barrel of his weapon to my daughter s chest, that doesn t outweigh that poor
there are 17 victims that did not receive justice today. this jury failed our families today. i m disgusted with our legal system. i m disgusted with those jurors, that you can allow 17 dead and 17 others shot and wounded and not give the death penalty. what do we have the death penalty for? we came here seeking justice, we were hoping for justice, and, unfortunately, we didn t get it today. the jury foreman told an affiliate, three jurors had voted to spare the gunman s life. florida requires a unanimous vote in order to impose a death sentence. and sadly, willie, we have been seeing the high costs of radicalism when it comes to twisted, unconstitutional interpretations of what the second amendment of the supreme court says all over from sandy
it a lie the jury said no. matthew whitaker had this observation. he used to be the acting attorney general for the u.s.a. watch. this general flynn or roger stone s prosecution in the same courtroom, you see the judges made much more broader rulings, allowed much more evidence and in this case, the sussmann case, the judge at every turn limited the government s ability to really present evidence that would show why this case mattered and so, the jury foreman s comment be that i mentioned earlier also demonstrates sort of how they didn t see it fitting in to the broader narrative of the russian collusion. katie: here is exactly the question. is do we have two tiers of justice in this country? is everybody really treated equally is lady justice blind or different standards to republicans and democrats in washington, d.c. and what does that mean for the future of the country and the faith the american people have not just in the justice system but in their
crime verdict ever until, as wanda cooper jones said, 22, to 2022. she called it super tuesday because it was so significant, you finally have a hate crime conviction that we pray will set a new precedent to have more of these cases brought, where we know that race is a motivating factor. ben, i think a lot of people followed the first trial. we saw a lot of the footage of it. we saw a lot of the coverage of it. but we did not know what really was transpiring behind closed wall of the court today. and i read this accounting of what happened inside the courtroom as the verdict was read. this is from the washington post. the jury foreman, a black man from dublin, georgia, was visibly crying as u.s. district judge lisa got b would ask each juror to affirm their votes in the brunswick, georgia