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Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz sits at the defense table for closing arguments in the penalty phase of Cruz's trial at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., October 11, 2022. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, Pool)
October 12, 2022, 9:57 pm
Death or life in prison: Attorneys disagree on 2018 high school shooter’s fate
Nikolas Cruz, 24, pleaded guilty a year ago to murdering 14 students and three staff members and wounding 17 others at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
By TERRY SPENCER
Judge Elizabeth Scherer holds up documents as she considers arguments from the defense that the jury should be prevented from seeing the swastikas on the pages (circled in red) during the trial of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, Pool)
September 2, 2022, 1:20 am
Judge allows jury to view swastikas drawn by Florida school shooter
Defense loses attempt to redact Nazi symbols by arguing that Nikolas Cruz’s killing of 17 people at Parkland high school was not driven by bigotry
By TERRY SPENCER
File: Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz is shown at the defense table during jury selection in the penalty phase of his trial at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Florida., June 28, 2022. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, Pool)
July 18, 2022, 9:03 pm
Death penalty looms as sentencing begins for gunman in Parkland school shooting
Nikolas Cruz pleaded guilty to 17 counts of murder in October; hearings expected to last four months
By TERRY SPENCER
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz at the defense table during the penalty phase of his trial, July 6, 2022, at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (Carline Jean/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)
July 7, 2022, 1:01 am
Parkland school shooter’s swastika carvings are focus of US court fight
Prosecutors say Nikolas Cruz’s Nazi symbols, racist posts, cruelty to animals show he’s not mentally ill, was not impaired when he killed 17 people in Florida in 2018
By TERRY SPENCER
An officer walks outside of Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, May 24, 2022. (Allison Dinner/AFP)
May 25, 2022, 12:36 pm
From Columbine to Uvalde: Two decades of horrifying school shootings in the US
Latest massacre in Texas is part of a persistent, bloody cycle of classroom mass shootings
By AFP
A demonstrator helps hold a large "Come and Take It" banner at a rally in support of open carry gun laws at the Capitol, on Jan. 26, 2015, in Austin, Texas. (AP/Eric Gay)
May 25, 2022, 8:19 am
Texas elementary school massacre sparks yet another gun control debate in US
‘Nowhere else does that happen except here in the United States… It is a choice,’ says Senator Chris Murphy; data shows mass shootings on the rise
By Paul Handley
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz enters the courtroom before jury pre-selection in the penalty phase of his trial at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, April 4, 2022 (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun Sentinel via AP, Pool)
April 5, 2022, 11:35 am
Jury selection starts for trial of Parkland school shooter, but most are dismissed
Nikolas Cruz already pleaded guilty so only decision left is death penalty versus life without parole; 1 prospective juror cried, others had conflict of interest or vacation plans
By TERRY SPENCER
Fred Guttenberg watches a monitor honoring the 17 students and teachers who were killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, during a CNN town hall meeting in Sunrise, Florida, February 21, 2018. (Michael Laughlin/Sun Sentinel/TNS via Getty Images via JTA)
February 5, 2020, 5:55 pm
Father of Parkland victim removed from State of the Union for yelling at Trump
Fred Guttenberg, whose daughter was killed in 2018 mass shooting, says he lost composure after US president claimed 2nd Amendment was ‘under siege’
By Marcy Oster
Kyle Kashuv attends Politicon 2018 at the Los Angeles Convention Center, October 20, 2018. (Michael S. Schwartz/Getty Images via JTA)
June 19, 2019, 3:55 am
Why Harvard dropped a Jewish, pro-gun Parkland student over past racist comments
Kyle Kashuv met with Trump and spoke at the NRA, then lost his Ivy League spot for making anti-Semitic and bigoted remarks two years ago. An expert says the school was right
By Josefin Dolsten
Will Beck, a Columbine High School massacre survivor, places flowers at the Columbine Memorial at Clement Park in Littleton, Colorado, during a community vigil for the 20th anniversary of the Columbine High School mass shooting on April 19, 2019. (Jason Connolly / AFP)
April 20, 2019, 6:18 pm
Columbine massacre remembered, twenty years on
Anniversary of 1999 high school mass murder marked days after teenager, whose obsession with the shooting set off school closures and a manhunt, was found dead
By AFP
People with connections to the victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue and Parkland school shootings were honored at PNC Park in Pittsburgh before a game, April 6, 2019. (Mike Elk)
April 13, 2019, 7:59 am
Pittsburgh and Parkland survivors help each other turn their grief into action
Baseball event brings together those affected by the Tree of Life synagogue and Florida school shootings to learn from one another following respective tragedies
By Mike Elk
People at Trails End Park pause for a moment of silence in honor of the 17 that were killed during the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting last year, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019, in Parkland, Fla. (AP/Wilfredo Lee)
February 15, 2019, 5:21 am
Year after Parkland massacre, victims honored with silent memorials
With emotions running high, students and others across country hold moments of silence in memory of 17 victims of Florida high school shooting
By AP
Marjory Stoneman High School student Cameron Kasky addresses area students at a rally at the school after participating in a countywide school walkout in Parkland, Florida, February 21, 2018. (Rhona Wise/AFP/Getty Images/via JTA)
February 15, 2019, 5:01 am
Parkland survivors spent the year advocating change — and coping with trauma
As grief propels students and their parents to keep fighting for a safer world, a community comes together to help the activists find peace within the chaos
By Ben Sales
Lori Alhadeff, mother of 14-year-old Alyssa Alhadeff who was one of 17 people killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, speaks during an interview with a portrait of her daughter in the background, on January 30, 2019, in Parkland, Florida.(AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
February 12, 2019, 12:16 am
Parkland mom who lost teen daughter heals through advocacy
Lori Alhadeff keeps up a dizzying pace of campaigning, saying it helps her handle the grief, a year after her daughter Alyssa, 14, was killed in Florida school shooting
By KELLI KENNEDY
Suspended Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel, center, at a news conference after new Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended Israel on January 11, 2019, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
January 13, 2019, 8:49 pm
New Florida governor suspends sheriff over Parkland school massacre
Ron DeSantis says Scott Israel ‘repeatedly failed and has demonstrated a pattern of poor leadership’ as head of Broward Country police
By TERRY SPENCER
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