Closing Argument: Parkland Shooter's Lawyer Pleads with Jury to Spare His Life

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The Parkland school shooter's attorney Melisa McNeill pleaded with the jury to spare the defendant's life and return a verdict of a life sentence during her closing argument.
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@kathymarie6049 Год назад

Did the SOB spare of the life of those kids no F him.

@alqk3415 Год назад

Everyone's anger here is justified but state murder isn't the answer. Don't give them the power to end our lives.

@Idogames4 Год назад

@@alqk3415 You are wrong. They aren't ending "our lives" this "guy" ain't one of us. He is lower than a wild animal, at least when they kill it's usally for defense or food.

@alqk3415 Год назад

@Adrian You're dehumanizing him because your angry. I just said your anger is justified. State murder isn't, accept during war time and even that is debatable. American law shouldn't degrade any person to the level of an animal and neither should we.

@dasaxophonist Год назад

@@alqk3415hypothetically, so if somone walks into your house shoots up the place and kills a member of your family would you just like that person to sit in jail? I don't believe that's justice. Cruz should've been shot on site, and he would've if he didn't run for a micky d lunch break

@Idogames4 Год назад

@@alqk3415 You don't seem to understand that they or I didn't dehumanize or degrade him to the level of an animal. He made that decision himself and I'm not particularly angry but this thing can't function in society and there is no reason for him to be taking up space in a cell and now the he has to deal with the consequences of his actions.

@glom_gazingo Год назад

lol, uhh he killed people mercilessly with no remorse and even had a video declaring it. He needs to meet his maker.

@Jman417 Год назад

Yes I agree

@arayaday1774 Год назад

Agreed!!!

@thisisme3238 Год назад

Agree 💯

@shantidavid6062 Год назад

Agreed!

@oxycuntin2059 Год назад

why

@mritzs5142 Год назад

Parents have more strength than all of us viewers put together. I pay homage to all of them

@Sharpstoned Год назад

Excellent tribute.

@jennaleigh5782 Год назад

Amen. ❤️

@Skysthelimit93 Год назад

That is true. That parents are amazing

@colawhite1976 Год назад

💯

@urmyfuture1945 Год назад

Yes definitely, I'm feeling sick

@ericawood9714 Год назад

What she is conveniently leaving out is the fact that he was attempting to appear insane during the police interrogation. It is posted on RU-vid. I watched it. He is already dead inside no matter what the jury decides. My heart and condolences goes out to all those impacted by the lives lost that day. 💔

@PrincipalProductions Год назад

Just because one person made a seemingly official video about how he felt doesn’t mean that was his intention

@ericawood9714 Год назад

@@PrincipalProductions It is obvious without any commentary from the narrator. I didn't say there was anything "official" about it. It certainly was an official interrogation though. Posted for the entire public to view and make their own conclusions.

@lotanowo Год назад

Why do you think she left it out? Do you think it's maybe because her job is to lessen the sentence on her client rather than to make him look even worse?

@ericawood9714 Год назад

Be gone, trolls. No attention or relevance will be given here. I said what I said. Not a debate. A statement. The end.

@highdesertbiker Год назад

I think he pre-planned to be "insane" as well. I think he is a really evil person. Evil exists man I've seen it. He doesn't deserve a trial.

@nickmalone3143 Год назад

The face on the parents says it all

@user-qm9ot3gm8w 6 месяцев назад

They don’t understand that everyone deserves a defense tho

@kingkrool1935 5 месяцев назад

32:31 hate me if you want but that woman’s a fascist! Trying to confiscate guns.

@cossettecunilleramuniz458 Год назад

My heart goes out to all the parents, families and friends. I can't continue to listen to this woman. I understand is her job, but it's too much for me.

@crymeariver5470 Год назад

Yet you listened to every word.

@jeaniegrothause5824 Год назад

I don't think his mother taking drugs has anything to do with him being a mass murderer! He just wanted to make a name for himself! So why caddle him?

@HiNRGboy Год назад

@@crymeariver5470 She could've just listened for a few minutes then commented, like I am doing right now.. You assume too much 🙄

@butterflywatching34 Год назад

@@jeaniegrothause5824 did you hear all what happened to him?? This young man have been to a lot and have a psychological defect, te state mist to be alert and support him.

@carolynupchurch9428 Год назад

She's very good actually

@sevenhazee Год назад

He is more than likely going to get brutally "unalived" in prison anyway after this case de escalates...

@lillauren21 Год назад

Yes, I doubt he’ll get the death penalty but he’ll meet his fate in general population.

@shanerussell8894 Год назад

no he will spent ten years on death row on our taxes dollars the mans died inside already needs a speedy sentence to get him off tv and breathing our air maybe scientist could learn something from him also for having no defence that was there best piont for life wop i think death penalty study him while he waits for his day in the gurnee

@kellischneider3255 Год назад

We can only hope!!!

@mthebubble6565 Год назад

Nah he’ll just be in isolation and given special treatment like the Aurora dude. With our tax money

@MaVeRiCk77 5 месяцев назад

It's not the movies. He'll be fine.

@lynn7854 Год назад

How would that lawyer feel if that was her child that was murdered I feal for the parents

@salenaculpepper8174 Год назад

Me too.b

@nickmalone3143 Год назад

She just needs to turn around and look those parents in the eyes

@thisisme3238 Год назад

Your comment is exactly what I was thinking.. bet it would be a different story then, if it was her child's life that was taken by Cruz.

@Doge10YT Год назад

She's not saying he should go free. This is about sitting in a cell for life, or dying.

@haleyboo5617 Год назад

Anyone who can murder so many children and adults it should automatically make him up for execution. And he's still planning. A mass murder. He doesn't feel anything then for what he's done anything while in jail another mass murder

@shontellehackett-vanderkro7908 Год назад

The people he killed didn't get a choice so why should he

@zchaniqie98 Год назад

Spare his life? Like he spared so many others? Sure, Jan.

@sharlaflowers4359 Год назад

I have fostered children and saw failure among failure for the children. It really does break my heart. From the time his mother was arrested while pregnant and not placed in rehab to the people that tried to alert everyone about his behavior. My heart BREAKS for these families, but the state-family services have got to take some ownership of what they didn’t do that could have prevented this.

@sharlaflowers4359 Год назад

Wanted to add I am good with whatever the jury gives him but the question after should be: what was missed, what was ignored, what could be changed.

@cathykrueger4899 Год назад

I keep going back to school principals and administrators who failed to protect the students. Moving him around from one school to another was like assigning an abusive priest to another parish.

@honoriooseguera4083 Год назад

Yep, there's enough blame to go around.

@TheRaggedroad Год назад

COMPLETELY IRRELEVANT TO THE SENTENCE HE DESERVED.

@tshamarie826 Год назад

His mother was arrested and a drug addict yes. But it’s seems that a lot of people missed that he was adopted from the hospital and didn’t have that type of upbringing. So his birth mother was a drug addict. His MOTHER the lady who adopted him and his brother was not. Also look at his brother who came from the same exact birth mother , he didn’t turn to being a mass shooter bc his birth mother was a drug addict. Let’s be real .

@BlueSky-uu6et Год назад

the FBI FAILED THESE PEOPLE!!!!

@haleyboo5617 Год назад

Man Cruz gave so many many red flags and warnings signs.

@wheelchairgeek Год назад

Everyone did in a way.

@paulabrown6840 Год назад

They have him looking like Harry Potter. 🤦🏻‍♀️ Also don’t call him a “kid”!

@sleek1297 Год назад

I’m sorry but what he did is exactly what the death penalty was designed for…I don’t care how many people he told about his plan, he’s the one who followed through with it and senselessly killed multiple people for no reason, time for him to face the consequence. Those families won’t be able to visit their loved one in jail like his will. I know his attorney is doing her job but I couldn’t listen to the BS anymore, 15 min in and I’m like yup done!

@janicewingfield5245 Год назад

Agree with you 100%!!!

@jmadventures9830 Год назад

homie you brutal

@janicewingfield5245 Год назад

@@jmadventures9830 But he’s honest and on point! Darrell Brooks’ actions are DEFINITELY what the death penalty was designed for!

@sleek1297 Год назад

@@jmadventures9830 No man, Nikolas Cruz was brutal when he killed 16 people for no good reason. Why should tax payers pay to keep him locked up for the rest of his life? He’s undoubtedly guilty of mass murder so why should he live?

@sleek1297 Год назад

@@janicewingfield5245 I watched the Brooks trial too and I agree 💯 he should’ve gotten the death penalty as well. I don’t think the state of Wisconsin has the death penalty tho because it wasn’t even mentioned. But then again Brooks was charged with homicide so not sure if that makes a difference.

@pegasusstation4977 Год назад

The excuses being made by his lawyer are exactly that, just excuses. He deserves to pay the ultimate price for his actions. HIS ACTIONS. He knew what he was doing. Time to pay.

@janeferguson4455 Год назад

She threw everything at the wall that she could to see if Anything would stick and Alcohol Fetal Syndrome that came up with was the best she could come up with. The state had the best witnesses in the country. Thank God above that they spared no expense to get the best !!!!

@chrisbarnard5679 Год назад

Hey sparky

@pegasusstation4977 Год назад

@@chrisbarnard5679 Yes, I would prefer to see him being lit up by old sparky. He does not deserve life of any kind for what he did.

@carlosleandry12 Год назад

Public Execution, I need my popcorn

@sythmc8600 Год назад

She herself shows he knew better. She shares he was conflicted when he does internet searches looking at sites that included "getting help." He chose not to get that help but instead remain conflicted and carryout a carefully orchestrated mass murder.

@marlo9380 Год назад

She tells the jury not judge by emotions.. yet she repeatedly tells them to use their hearts?? Nooo!!! Facts of the case is what they need to judge by.

@peggyrose8812 Год назад

If you choose to kill your choosing to die. We need the death penalty for people who choose to kill. Why should we support him for the rest of his life.

@jennacarroll9200 Год назад

We will support him either way? If he gets DP he will sit on death row for YEARS. And thats after all of the appeals.

@thisisme3238 Год назад

My thoughts exactly! We SHOULD NOT have to support him for the rest of his natural life, no way!!

@reallyyouthful Год назад

Defending the indefensible. The death penalty is the only conclusion.

@mynightmare3798 Год назад

No it's not. Also, no one is defending what he did.

@Dyslogix Год назад

2 hours of " don't think about him, think about everyone else " smoke blowing . . . The longest 2 hours i'll never see back.

@Pixie_dust280 Год назад

I had to stop watching because it was annoying

@chrispbacon4480 Год назад

He never gave those students a chance when they pleaded for their lives and he has crossed that line where you say make him suffer in jail. He should forfeit his life as he has no remorse for what he did to those children and the suffering that the families will live with from now on.

@wheelchairgeek Год назад

He definitely has remorse.

@noahenglert Год назад

it really makes me mad that the defense is trying to blame everything on FASD I personally have FASD and this case is hitting hard this entire thing could've been prevented if people actually took the things about violence real and tried to get him actual help

@benbunyip Год назад

Glad you mentioned this. As you said, that was Cruz’ defense. I’m convinced he has FASD. I don’t know how the jury will weigh this as a mitigating factor.

@Terratetradon Год назад

Lol no. Sickos will be sickos

@heatherlopez6627 Год назад

I have a nephew with mental disorders, and is extremely violent. They are in Jacksonville FL. We the family try everything to get him help. $2000.00 dollars a day for incare stays is unreasonable as insurance only covers 59 days depending on the facility. He plays sweet while in there but once out he is violent again. The law has allowed him time and time again to beat on people and if we defend ourselves we are charged with DV and he faces no charges are responsibility. This is in Jacksonville. Thanks to that he now knows no one can touch him and brags about it. He has been emboldened by it. He knows right from wrong, but why should he act right when he knows he can get away with it? The system is failing everyone in these situations. AND IS REALLY FAILING THE VICTIMS OF THESE VIOLENT OFFENDERS

@Schattenkind. Год назад

He hasn’t FASD

@benbunyip Год назад

@@Schattenkind. we don’t know for sure. There were 2 witnesses that said she was drinking heavily and a drug addict, her daughter and the woman that worked with her on the streets. Even if FASD was a part of it does make him less responsible for his actions? I haven’t watched enough of the trial to know that.

@kenboyk7419 Год назад

So guilt trip the audience for him enjoying taking the lives of multiple people huh?

@anniebwilding Год назад

“What he did has never been a dispute.” Here are a million excuses for why he did what he did.

@DaveHalpernShortSale Год назад

Show mercy on the victims' family and give the DP

@_danila5185 Год назад

It wouldn’t have solved anything

@sand-7938 Год назад

I watched almost the entire thing yesterday. I have noticed that the judge was not careful with the pictures. At the very beginning. She can't show such thing on camera. Second, I thought that the defense did well. It is a hard job, but OMG, they have an attitude. You can tell that the blond women hates the judge. The dark hair lady, from the defense, in the corner, also has an attitude. The judge said something and that woman said "I don't care about that". The judge made an effort not to hurt their feelings. You could tell she was walking on egg shells with them. I like the woman next to Cruz, with curly hair. She is very professional.

@lesleypetersen805 Год назад

Yes. She has compassion for the beautiful kid's that were killed & his family.

@aliciacoble7854 Год назад

Mccniel had a prob with the judge from the getfo because she begged to be let off the case. .judge said no because she wanted to proceed ..mnniel has it out for her from the start

@toad1988 Год назад

why should the jury spare his when he didn't spare the ones he took? put him in the ground already!

@DarleneLouisewallaceWall-ju6bd Год назад

Fantastic lawyers I like her she is wonderful job

@elizabethshepard3090 Год назад

Shes patronizing the jury and telling them how to think and what to do!!! Not a word this woman has said is true and hasnt changed my opinion!!!!

@wheelchairgeek Год назад

It's not your opinion she's trying to change!

@marcosmarin8930 Год назад

Agree, she behaved like a priest, not a lawyer. Low.

@Lilly-ud6qs Год назад

She's done an excellent job at making him even more unlikeable and undeserving of a life sentence.

@KamiP91 Год назад

I thought the same! Their efforts of showing he was “broken”, in my opinion, just showed he had every chance to get help but chose to do and be as he pleases. There are a lot of people that wish they had a 1/3 of the help his parents tried to give him.

@Pokedawn100 Год назад

@@KamiP91 most mentally ill ppl don't seek help on their own.

@anlace3447 Год назад

seems not, because she won.

@CrystaliaV Год назад

Well, in the end she did her job. And if I was on that jury knowing myself her words would affect me. Her words about me being personally responsible for that choice. Personally responsible for sending him to death. No matter how horrible I think he is, I would have halted.

@ohbabycat Год назад

than you know you would be incapable of doing the right thing.

@moonlesslamb Год назад

Did she say he deserve mercy 😑😑😑😑

@nickmalone3143 Год назад

He will get the same mercy he gave those children ....fair ?

@teresav968 Год назад

Blaming everyone except the actual murderer.

@prokastinatore 6 месяцев назад

No. That's not true. I support "prison justice" for the monster Cruz. But Americans have to learn that each crime was caused by killers who where not born to kill.

@shcl3329 Год назад

I wonder if the killer feels guilt for killing 17 and wounding 17. He deliberately planned and executed the massacre and now blames everybody for wrongdoing him when in fact he knew and made the decision to deliberately kill. I question the defense lawyers if it were their child or spouse of family that were killed so cruelly and brutally, if they would plead for mercy and life for the killer.

@aliciacoble7854 Год назад

He's got no remorse..he hid his ears during tapes..he doodled the entire time of statements and testimonies ...he gives 2 shits

@wheelchairgeek Год назад

The killer never actually blamed anyone but himself. This is the defenses argument - not his.

@wheelchairgeek Год назад

@@aliciacoble7854 he has ADHD. It's not related to his feelings. ADHD does not switch itself off according to the severity of the situation.

@lynmcgrow9246 Год назад

'He had a choice and he chose to kill' and 'he accepted responsibility' so what does he want a medal? Then blaming his mother? How is that accepting the whole of responsibility of his actions?

@wheelchairgeek Год назад

Um...it's not actually Nickolas talking you know. It's his defence lawyer. Nickolas has never blamed anyone else.

@effiya_ephya Год назад

The defense team made very solid arguments. The question though is, does he want to live and why? He should have been made to tell us. I’m just curious to know.

@TenaciousSLG Год назад

I think that’s a hugely relevant question. If it was possible to get an honest answer out of him, and not something like “so I can learn how to help others not be like me” or some crap like that. It’s a hard decision I’m sure, but what would make me lay awake at night is thinking of him getting to relive the pleasure of the acts he committed and about how he’s famous and his plan working out just like wanted it to.

@effiya_ephya Год назад

@@TenaciousSLG Sadly, a lot more like him exist. Some babies, and others plotting to take innocent lives. 😔

@wheelchairgeek Год назад

@@TenaciousSLG the guy has been brutally honest most of the time. It's as honest as you can get when you've committed a heinous crime and you're Initially disassociated from the crime you did. We can learn from NC. And he has a chance to reform for sure.

@tbone541 Год назад

Stop making excuses for this killer

@sylviawhite2794 Год назад

This woman could talk under water

@chrisbarnard5679 Год назад

He voided his life the minute he chose premeditated murder

@mriphone1000 Год назад

"Broken and brain damaged"? You got to be joking. He's calculated, researches, makes informed decisions, modding things to improve them.

@aliciacoble7854 Год назад

Not brain damaged ..a brain scan determined that but wasn't allowed into evidence cuz defense said it was biased

@imeime4021 Год назад

He is not the First and not the last one.... America has a problem.

@marcosmarin8930 Год назад

WORST LAWYER OF THE YEAR She was unethical by trying to manipulate the Jury with her "moral" speech. DISGUSTING WOMAN

@Sapphires1985 Год назад

Judge looks stunned

@margarethgibson3794 Год назад

His attorney is trying to lay a guilt trip on all the jurors. Very unfair. His mother can visit him and write to him. The parents deserve all the mercy. What the families want should have been considered, not the defense wishes. By the way he's not a baby. Give me a break. She points to this monster and refers to Nickolas as a baby still?!

@silentowlscribe Год назад

Both of his mothers are dead, but I understand your comment.

@Mandy-nt2cs Год назад

His mother died a few years ago today.. the first day of sentencing.

@Chloe-uz4oy Год назад

@@Mandy-nt2cs Totally false! You need to inform yourself well Nikolas's mother died before he did the massacre at his former school, when he committed the massacre he was living with his mother's friend. Him and his brother! Nokolas's mother died in 2017 and the Parkland massacre was in 2018

@tshamarie826 Год назад

@@Chloe-uz4oy and that’s exactly what she said . Lol she said his mother died a few years ago. And that the day she wrote that comment and the first day of his sentencing (nov 1st) it was the anniversary of his mothers death. 😂🤦🏻‍♀️

@eyeamme1917 Год назад

@Margareth I know what you mean, even though his mother is dead. His brother, his friends, etc can all visit him in jail. The families of the victims don't have the luxury of seeing abd hearing thier children. Your point is valid, even though it won't be his mother visiting him.

@sbcouv Год назад

“Why did they testify? Because it was the truth and the right thing to do.” I’m sure being subpoenaed to testify under oath (facing penalty of perjury) had nothing to do with it. 🙄

@rw805 Год назад

No you're wrong no one can make the people who testified for the defense such as his sister or all the experts appear in court to testify. It is their choice.

@sbcouv Год назад

@@rw805 several of the defense's witnesses stated on record that they were there because they had to be (they were subpoenaed). Perhaps not all of them were required to be there, but many of them HAD to be there. Try again.

@tbone541 Год назад

Í could only hope that I could be represented by a lawyer like this that would make excuses for the people that I might kill because of my mental illness and mental health issues

@tbone541 Год назад

@@Psyminds Are you saying that I as a genetic male can become pregnant or have a period?

@tbone541 Год назад

I'll wait for your response

@tbone541 Год назад

Maybe you are saying that because of my mental health problems I can commit murder and I will get off with a good lawyer

@ekelly1642 Год назад

I can't stand this attorney, and I'm so glad the judge put her in her place that one day and continues to do so.

@NKTB210 Год назад

In his interview he said he wants to die but he doesn’t want to die a “painful” death. And yet he wants to inflict painful death. Miss me with the BS.

@thisisme3238 Год назад

This trial is good practice for this attorney.....til she gets a client that really needs to be defended.

@GoIdenbaum Год назад

This is coming from a lawyer. Trust me, the defense team went waaay beyond the call of duty in this case. I would be the first one to defend a lawyer for making sure their client, no matter who they happen to be, has legal representation. But the defense team was extremely disrespectful to the families all throughout the trial. Raising their middle finger in court? Laughing with a killer? It's unheard of. Also, I think Miss McNeill should have picked her words better. It's in extremely bad taste that she would close her argument by implying that for Cruz an AR-15 was the only solution! Her speech was very repetitive as well. Talk about being thoroughly lacking in tact.

@karen85814 Год назад

Does she not know that no one can listen to her voice this long. Bad idea.

@Brandi_the_Baker Год назад

Too bad he didn’t spare all those kids and teachers lives. This is where the justice system is broken.

@DarleneLouisewallaceWall-ju6bd Год назад

She did good job on this

@uzmaali1124 Год назад

We all need to cry over our shattered system

@BlueSky-uu6et Год назад

the school system the adoptive parents the FBI failed all those kids too!

@nataliabaez6818 Год назад

We are in a constant battle with principals, school district officials and parents. In most cases we aren’t allowed to do our job. We are disrespected, belittled and listening to by people we lest schooling and without a license to practice mental health. I’m saying all of this not to say that social work services would have fully prevent this tragedy because obviously this case is a complex situation.

@adamsaint2890 Год назад

If he gets life, she'll be organising petitions and appeals to the governor for clemency. When he gets to prison I hope the other prisoners give him the "welcome" he so richly deserves.

@lizbehrakis Год назад

You sound sicker then Nicholas..are you on meds?

@MB20fangirl Год назад

It would help him a great deal if he was showing a shred of remorse

@lillehammelfleisch1650 Год назад

Isn't life in prison without parole more punishment like feeling the one moment of death caused by other humans?!?!

@RDYOUTUBE54 Год назад

For me her closing argument ended in the first 30 seconds. He plead guilty to first degree premeditated murder, He knew what he was doing, and he knew the difference between right and wrong. She put the nail in his coffin with those statements.

@wheelchairgeek Год назад

She didn't though - did she?

@ZiziWeightman Год назад

Wonder if she would use those same words if it were one of her kids killed by this mass murderer

@tanyac.b.9358 Год назад

He CAN control his behavior! Notice, he changes when he knows the camera is on him. Hare 22!

@blakecripps9756 Год назад

I hope she can’t sleep tonight knowing that she let a mass killer get away with it!!! HOW!??????

@Pixie_dust280 Год назад

This defense attorney is annoying.

@nenethcatundag373 Год назад

She's on point.

@bogartleeblues Год назад

Why is anyone trying to save this monsters life????

@A_ndrea Год назад

Say what you will about this woman, because I know she acted like a clown but she MADE SURE her client got a fair trial. She fought for him. I mean - I can’t even imagine for a second defending a person that did something so heinous - it’s hard - it was hard for her I’m sure - but she did it & wow it’s admirable.

@ginnynelson3738 Год назад

Can’t believe this trial is so long.The Guy is guilty. He gets what he does deserves.

@geraldinetuohy9332 Год назад

What he did was horrendous, I always thought I was for the death penalty but in recent years I've come to believe that, death is the easy way out, let them live for years in jail, live with the consequences of their actions, maybe he hasn't got a conscience or the capacity to understand what he's done or the damage he has done to everyone involved but death is the easy way out, it won't bring those poor children back. Heartbreaking 💔

@windingwitchway8860 Год назад

I used to be against the death penalty until my Aunt and Uncle were murdered by my cousin. I can say from that experience that life in prison is NOT the easy way out for those FAMILIES. They will have to continue to relieve this over and over with appeals, new laws that require review and possible resentencing, lawsuits this monster can and will file throughout his life for all kinds of nonsense against the state, prison, etc. The families will never heal and life in prison for this person will only cause the scab to be torn open over and over. In my opinion we shouldn't focus on what the easy way out may or may not be for these types of monsters but about what's easy for the FAMILIES so they can have some sliver of peace. The families deserve the mercy!

@geraldinetuohy9332 Год назад

@@windingwitchway8860 when you put it like that, I can see where you are coming from, I'm Irish & we don't have the death penalty here, I never thought of the bigger picture going forward ie appeals etc.... Ya he's a monster & for the families sakes, they would be better off he he died, if he gets the death penalty it'll take years anyway......

@streamlined57 Год назад

From a purely practical, non emotional view these parents should not be paying to keep this murderer alive and well with their tax dollars.

@joelpaniagua2024 Год назад

Don't worry, Judge Scherer. This trial will be over soon. You are doing a great job! We love you.

@wendyhart134 Год назад

Yes she done an amazing job! Having her make up done perfectly , playing with her hair and most importantly losing it when things got a little stressful because someone was challenging her narc control . Well done!!

@deannawiederhold333 Год назад

Come on People you have Common Sense and logical thinking skills to realize that these Lawyers are doing their job. They want what you want. I am speaking of the Parents.

@jax993 7 месяцев назад

Absolutely pathetic if it were her child!! This defence team should all be fired, because of your heart!!! Your making decisions today!! I pray it never happens to their loved 1’s, yea they’re doing their job but my god this is incomprehensible deplorable statement from the defence as an Australian I feel disgusted & I’ll never have this entire court proceedings leave my heart, not 4 defence but 4 the families & the 1’s that left this world because of this inexcusable piece of human flesh

@paulabravo6532 Год назад

He is pure evil

@psbetches Год назад

some of these defense lawyers literally have kids the same age as some of the victims and they are still trying to get them to spare him ???its disgusting

@wheelchairgeek Год назад

Some of these lawyers have kids the same age as the offender!

@kaligula1000 Год назад

It’s very very sad. My prays go out to the families. But she only did her job

@donnydarko6042 Год назад

She did a really bad job

@thesadprofessor Год назад

She had a tough job, but she nailed it. And - the jury agreed with her. Job done! I believe Nicholas is severely damaged. Please check as reference my comment on the Prosecutor Closing. I personally don‘t think that she contradicts when speaking about emotions. If it is between a life sentence and death sentence I tend to believe that an emotion here or there makes us human. Both used it - she won. The emotions against the death penalty makes us humans.

@volk4all805 Год назад

Whether you like it or not this was a powerful closing and she's an insanely good lawyer. I think ultimately life is the correct sentence. She's right in that the prosecution tried too hard to get emotion to make the jury decision. Taking into account niks whole life, FASD etc, screaming for his blood means you think hhe was normal and don't care about his upbringing ( which is what causes these things). That mind set will only lead to more incidents like this.

@wellbeing2193 Год назад

Huge respect to this lady for doing her job. Although, not everyone may agree with her, as a defense lawyer she takes her job serious

@godsdaughter9042 Год назад

I think she did Nicholas a huge disservice though if she truly wanted to get him life-without-parole because when you speak for that long your voice becomes background noise imagery will start dozing off and they will find themselves waking up when their elbows slip off the armrest. I mean of course he eventually got life without the possibility of parole but, I think she made it almost too difficult to listen to her for that long you cannot keep someone's attention for that long you at least have to be interesting. Or even somewhat interesting. It very well could have went the other way because of her lengthy closing

@lesleypetersen805 Год назад

We heard this all before.

@danielr6625 Год назад

Fantastic lawyer

@bobm7250 Год назад

He deserves a very long prison sentence, like what James Egan Holmes got for the "Dark Knight" premiere shooting in Aurora, Colorado back in 2012!

@wheelchairgeek Год назад

Batman? Yeah, there was evidence he was also put on the wrong medication for his condition and he kept asking for help about his dark thoughts. His psychiatrist didn't take it seriously enough and kept on upping Prozac when he possibly needed anti-phych meds.

@SM-vk7dk Год назад

It's amazing to me how many ppl are for the death penalty in this situation and l agree! But how about the hundreds of thousands of babies that are murdered more brutally, ripped from their mother's womb or almost born and brutally dismembered?!? When are we going to stand up for these innocent victims?!?

@LuckyBooCat Год назад

NC should have been among them. Or better yet, never conceived in the first place.

@TooTIredToType Год назад

Not babies - fetuses. And if this fetus had been aborted there would be 14 more people alive and no wounded or traumatized. Please think about that.

@DarleneLouisewallaceWall-ju6bd Год назад

I but kids in school call names be bullied to him not nice him

@YorktownUSA Год назад

Honestly a Defense attorney in that position has the suckiest job on the planet.

@dmorerussell7357 Год назад

And yet her Job performance deserves an Award!🏆🎖🏅

@tonyb7395 Год назад

Could you imagine being an attorney for the Devil. This has to be the lowest form of employment

@wheelchairgeek Год назад

Then you don't know the devil. Because this is not he.

@tonyb7395 Год назад

@@wheelchairgeek well then, I’m happy I don’t know the devil as well as you.

@tbone541 Год назад

Nickolas Cruze took out his anger on innocent kids who had no way of defending themselves.

@joedanache7970 Год назад

Now society will take out their anger on him.

@tbone541 Год назад

@@joedanache7970 I doubt it , his lawyer says he is suffering from mental health issues. Trying to get him a lighter sentence on an insanity plea

@AshleyMarieMommy Год назад

I thought the jury were only to look at what they did, not who they were before, nor what they were before what they fid.

@KristineHavey 17 дней назад

They need to send Nicholas to a state hospital for life not a prison State hospitals are worse for the criminally insane

@naysay02 Год назад

Oh thank heavens, is this circus finally drawing to a close 🙏🙏🙏

@aliciacoble7854 Год назад

Jury deliberating so yes

@gregosterholt394 3 месяца назад

Blame it all on the mother, you make your own choices in life,

@dutchessdisney5324 Год назад

Let’s all recognize what he really is ……..😊Poster kid for “pro choice”.

@ivagreen11 Год назад

Haha yes

@tickleishpickle9269 Год назад

how can that lawyer plead for them to spare his life ? he killed children. this is one of those cases where the lawyer is as evil as the shooter

@Angelicatejada51 Год назад

Disagree with you. Looks like you don't understand her argument.

@nickmalone3143 Год назад

@@Angelicatejada51 you must be a democrat liberal

@CASmerk Год назад

Can someone leave time stamp where she says he'll probably be killed in prison anyway....or something like that 🤔?

@HairballGoneWild Год назад

The defense attorney is wearing a broach that looks exactly like a bloody gunshot wound. WTH!

@mgpw4tn487 Год назад

I hate to be petty, but her voice is like fingernails on a chalk board to me.😱

@Pokedawn100 Год назад

We need asylums again.

@deannawiederhold333 Год назад

The thing is People who have Children that no matter how you raise your child you have no Crystal Ball to give you the future of your child.

@zamzamwater8749 Год назад

Honest question, how is sentencing this young man to death justice?

@mikemccroy9449 Год назад

This lawyer trying to spare his life should get the chair. All she cares about is trying to win vs doing what is right.

@ivagreen11 Год назад

Yeah you're so right