Sentencing trial of Parkland school shooter resumes with more victim impact statements | August 3 

Oh wow I’m so so sorry to hear that I know that had to be gut renching

@EllenVirgillo Please accept our deepest condolences, Ellen. I pray you have been able to find any sort of peace.🙏🏼❤️

I’m so sorry for your loss.

Ellen Virgillo---I hope you can always find the strength to carry on. Do this for the daughter who was stolen from you.

I'm sorry for the your loss of your daughter.

Same cuz I would have went after that monster in the court room. And not stop till he I put him out too

I can’t imagine the horror either! I feel that I would have to show support of my child by being there ; perhaps a feeling that is the least I could do.. show up. I am furious at the fact that defendant is not handcuffed, or restrained and has the freedom to draw, doodle, whisper question or comments to his lawyers, drinking his water or coffee. Nobody in the courtroom is allowed to do those things but the guy who slaughtered 17 innocent human beings!

They should be demanding that he look at them when they’re talking! Instead he’s covering his ears, looking down, drawing, talking to his lawyer and ignoring the family members! He hasn’t looked at them once! Not sure what videos you’ve been watching. Nicholas Cruz needs the death penalty! He’s a waste of air space!

@@rebeccaspinoso8072 he’s absolutely avoiding attending his own trial when his own actions are being displayed. He doesn’t like hearing the gun shots he himself created, the terrifying kids whispers and moans but watch him as each family member leaves the stand.

I think he’s playing a psychological game regarding wearing that mask, too. I think he used it to hide during the more difficult parts of the trial for him and now, he’s not wearing it- Any thoughts guys?

@Small Town Girl Big City Heart I agree.

My heart aches for the parents so so sensless this shooting nick had issues but killng the students was not the answer give him life no parole all the kids did was go to school that day to learn i am so saddend by this

No

I was thinking the same.

He refuses to go on the tour at the school. He should be made to go!! My heart hurts for each and every parent, brother, sister, friends and all the others that has been affected by this awful massacre!!! No sentence will ever be enough!!

I hope we never find out

I don’t think one can get any lower or worse than what he already is.

Who cares. He’s never seeing the light of day again. Once things calm down a bit, he’ll be dealt with internally in the system.

You're not alone, It got to me as well.

They don’t want to rehabilitate him. He doesn’t deserve life outside that prison. He wanted to see their families in pain he said himself. He deserves death or at the very least life in prison because he decided to be executioner to 17 people. Nothing you say will negate those facts. It isn’t revenge it is justice that he gets exactly what he dished out. Great for the Netherlands but if they’re letting “rehabilitated” mass shooters out of jail something’s wrong with your brains. It doesn’t matter if he won’t do it again. He did the crime 10 times over and doesn’t deserve to see the light of day ever again.

I really think he's beyond rehabilitation.

The issue is can he be rehabilitated and he cannot, Death penalty is waranted in this case.

He’s in jail how tf would he bring more children into this world?

This is all in effort to help them determine proper punishment. Life without parole or death. Preferably death.

this trial will take time because of the number of individuals involved ie the family, students, friends, first responders, medical examiners, law enforcement, each will talk about the crime, its impact & findings all which need to be noted in order for the jury to determine where he will receive life or death

She’s a mom of a girl around high school age too.. you can see it in her face, I think she’s an incredible judge the way she’s be able to maintain her composure.

@@christakaratza9670 Agreed

After death the hand of God will send him for more cooking. The sooner he’s sent, the sooner Justice can be carried out

where is that at? timestamp?

@@tasenova2717 I think she meant when that demon's defense attorney was blubbering when he attacked the police officer.

Cruz must of been bullied alot. Psychological inflictions of strife daily causes a person to be devoid of emotion.

@@johnpalmer5800 He might be legitimate sociopath. Playing with dead animals and assaulting his mother at a young age---that goes beyond the trauma of bullying.

U wanna see real tears and pain. Watch the Larry Nassar victim impact statements to see the difference

@@bobbyr2972 oh no…not another one of you claiming this is all fake 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

I agree he should have taken his own life if he hated everyone and this world…

No if he hated this world he should of kept looking for a better psychologist cuz there is a a lot of bureaucratic greedy narcissistic psychologist out there I was lucky I found a nice one that helped me truly rehabilitate but I went through a lot of bad ones before I found a good one Nick didn't really have the support he needed he lost hope that anybody would care about him and took it out on some kids which is wrong of course but it teaches us that we really need to change our system and we need to get it mandated in all schools to have anti-bullying classes and to teach students in these classes how to support a kid who's going to a mental health crisis instead of making fun of them I mean you have to set boundaries with them of course but you don't have to make them feel like they're a monster when they just need help it makes all the difference when I acted out when I was getting severely abused some neighbors called me names called me demon child and that just made me want to act out more but there were some neighbors that were really nice to me despite I acted out they knew I was getting abused and they were nice to me anyways and that made me think wow they're being nice to me even though I've been destructive and it made me want to stop being destructive they gave me hope and I apologized and whatever bad I did I made up for forgiveness is the key to peace in life amongst our neighbors don't get me wrong it deserves a long time in jail for what he did probably life in jail asserting the amount of people you killed but he still needs Rehabilitation and he needs forgiveness so that he will stop harming people and feel peace inside his soul everybody needs that he needs to feel accepted into this world if you tell someone they're a monster they're going to likely act like a monster this is in Psychology plus I experienced it I was very fortunate to find some caring people Nick did not get that

My aunt kept looking for counselors until she found a good one for me his mom next mom should have kept trying and made sure he got a good one cuz the one he had is getting sued right now for taking him out of the mental health school and putting him in a regular school when he's not ready

@@jasminefrichtl806 but on the contrary Cruz continues to be a threat. Even in jail he attacks a Corrections Officer. Does he not bare any responsibility for change? To me he cannot be rehabilitated.

Our kids need to be mentally evaluated every year they are in school. ALL STAFF need to keep a close eye on all the children. Staff and children need to be taught to go to an adult/someone who cares and is in charge, to tell of any threats made or “seemingly harmless” comments made. People forget that mental health is just as important to take care of as our physical health. I also believe that our schools need to be like our courthouses- just as a courthouse holds precious people, our schools hold the most precious of all- our children, they are our future! These changes must be made to stop some of this insanity, now!!

Waste of life

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@@Sayre777 💯 agree!!!

no matter what happens to him it wont bring those poor kids back this world is a messed up place.

Probably playing TicTacToe. 😜

Most likely an attempt at trying to look busy/engaged to the jury.

Because he is a evil freak, and might be wanting a Big Mac with fries for lunch.

Actually his victims are really very dead and he's still alive. That's what's wrong with this situation.

He is enjoying his “accomplishments.”

But no one in the room is crying.

@@bobbyr2972 the families were instructed by the court to manage their emotions as much as possible so they wouldn’t influence the jury. I don’t know if that applies to the other staff. The defense attorney for the killer was crying during a testimony.

Firearms are the last step in a long series of total failures by any sort of authoritative body. There is something very seriously going wrong in the neurochemistry of young men in this country, and firearm prohibition is not going to change this

A real person , not an actor can't hold in tears

@@bobbyr2972 haha there he is. The nut!!

@@chexcollects lol it's fake af

Me too!

As you can tell he is worried ONLY if he'll get death or life in prison. He is truly a vicious demon!

Not that I'm aware of. 😒

No he hasn't. He should get the death penalty.

No

it's between life without parole and death. They are here to decide the death penalty.

@Boston Gal u right. The judge only recite from mandatory sentencing guidelines, once vervict is in.

@@AnneHC i made my ruling already “Life w/o..”

Michael He's one of the parents of a victim and he's very emotional. He also tries to support other parents. The camera operator should not keep focusing on him, it's very hard and overwhelming.

Agree there other parents there and victims and the camera just goes straight to him every time. It’s his face expressions that gets on my nerves

Wrong is wrong no matter the color , you’re part of the problem

What Black shooter? Where, No News about that here, When did that happen

I can't tell if English is a 2nd language for you or if you're just that uneducated. Care to clarify?

Hey I'm from Texas. What black school shooter? The only school shooting we have had recently was the uvalde one. That was all Hispanics.

Why are you spreading misinformation? And stop with whataboutism ! This is an ongoing trial in Florida. Why do you want Texas shooting here !