UPDATE: Florida jury spares Parkland school gunman from death penalty

[WinstonSmith4740]

26. Just got in from walking the dogs.

So I'm watching this as a delayed broadcast, and am listening to Count 8 right now. Considering all the times the jury found aggrevating factors beyond a reasonable doubt, I'm being blown away by the posts here that say he escaped the death penalty. Some here are saying this is the most liberal area of Florida, and there was no way they'd ever find 12 people who would recommend the death penalty. So just curious about something. Was this trial held in the jurisdiction where the murders were committed, or did his lawyers go shopping for the jurisdiction where they knew the possibility of the death penalty was remote?

And, what the hell...I'll throw it out there. Regardless of where this trial took place, I just can't shake the feeling that with what I'm hearing right now, if he wasn't a white guy, there'd be no doubt about the death penalty.