Many observers, including victims’ family members, had expected a death sentence, NPR reported. The trial represented the deadliest U.S. mass shooting ever to go to trial, as all other perpetrators of 17-person U.S. mass killings have taken their own lives or been killed by police, PBS Newshour reported.
Florida has the largest active death row in the United States — indeed, in all the Americas. California has more prisoners on death row, but the state’s death penalty is currently under moratorium.
As of 2020, no death row inmate in Florida has been granted clemency since 1983. The Catholic bishops of Florida have collectively expressed their opposition to the death penalty ever since the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 1972 that forced states to reassess their statutes for capital offenses.
Among the arguments put forth by Cruz’s legal team was the contention that his personality problems were due in part to his mother’s heavy drinking during pregnancy, as well as childhood sexual abuse. The prosecution argued in response that Cruz is a sociopath.
“While not excusing his actions, it is clear that multiple and systemic breakdowns within family services, police, and the public school system failed him and the rest of us as well,” Wenski noted in his statement.
“Seemingly nobody recognized the inadequacies in Mr. Cruz’s life or the state of his mental health. His numerous threats of violence that preceded the mass murder were addressed inadequately, if at all.”
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