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Parkland victim's father 'disgusted' as shooter spared death penalty
Updated 12:22, 14-Oct-2022
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A U.S. jury on Thursday rejected the death penalty for Nikolas Cruz, who shot and killed 17 people at his former Florida high school in 2018, opting instead for life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. A death penalty recommendation needed to be unanimous and one or more of the 12 jurors found that it was not justified because of mitigating circumstances.

"I'm disgusted with the system, that you can allow 17 dead and 17 others shot and wounded and not give the death penalty," said Ilan Alhadeff, whose daughter Alyssa was killed in the shooting. 

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