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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJurors see gruesome video of Florida school shooting (Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School)
Is this a first... for jurors to see footage like this?
Jurors in the penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz are being shown graphic video of him murdering 17 people inside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Jurors in the penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz viewed graphic video Tuesday of him murdering 17 people as he stalked through a three-story classroom building at Parklands Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School four years ago.
The video, compiled from 13 security cameras inside the building, was not shown to the gallery, where parents of many of the victims sat. Shown later to reporters, it depicts Cruz crouching and stalking, firing at anything that moves, down the halls and into classrooms.
He shoots many of his victims at point-blank range, going back to some as they lay wounded on the floor to kill them with a second volley of shots. In one segment, athletic director Chris Hixon burst through a door to confront Cruz, but was wounded and fell. He crawled behind a pillar. Cruz kills him with a blast as he passes.
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The video was played over the objection of Cruzs attorneys, who argued that any evidentiary value it has is outweighed by the emotions it would raise in the jurors. They argued that witness statements of what happened would be sufficient.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Jurors in the penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz viewed graphic video Tuesday of him murdering 17 people as he stalked through a three-story classroom building at Parklands Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School four years ago.
The video, compiled from 13 security cameras inside the building, was not shown to the gallery, where parents of many of the victims sat. Shown later to reporters, it depicts Cruz crouching and stalking, firing at anything that moves, down the halls and into classrooms.
He shoots many of his victims at point-blank range, going back to some as they lay wounded on the floor to kill them with a second volley of shots. In one segment, athletic director Chris Hixon burst through a door to confront Cruz, but was wounded and fell. He crawled behind a pillar. Cruz kills him with a blast as he passes.
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The video was played over the objection of Cruzs attorneys, who argued that any evidentiary value it has is outweighed by the emotions it would raise in the jurors. They argued that witness statements of what happened would be sufficient.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/jurors-gruesome-video-florida-school-shooting-87068813
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Jurors see gruesome video of Florida school shooting (Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School) (Original Post)
IcyPeas
Jul 2022
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BigmanPigman
(51,627 posts)1. I saw the faces of the anguished family members as they listened to it.
This is going to cause them even more pain. Cruz wanted the parents to decide his fate.
KentuckyWoman
(6,692 posts)2. I feel so bad for the families and the jurors.
Just reading about it hurts. How much worse for them.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,431 posts)3. It's not uncommon for jurors to see murder footage.
Irish_Dem
(47,382 posts)4. If your crime is so bad that jurors shouldn't see the crime footage, you need life in prison.
alphafemale
(18,497 posts)5. He chose a death penalty for innocent people.
And a live imprisonment in pain for others.
It hurts his feefees if people see what he did?
He should not be permitted to turn his head or cover his ears.
Look at what you did you vile shit.