The latest legal news in the Parkland school massacre cases involving gunman Nikolas Cruz and school resource officer Scot R. Peterson.
Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz's attorneys presented testimony that the mass killer exhibited violent, disruptive and troubled behavior from his earliest years and, just before his sixth birthday, witnessed... More
August 29, 2022
A deputy found disturbing, chilling drawings and writings in Nikolas Cruz's cell. Most were so graphic that we couldn't even air them on TV. For... More
August 29, 2022
Dr. Brett Negin treated Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz from 2012-2017 (ages 13-18) More
August 25, 2022
Four years before Nikolas Cruz murdered 17 people at a Florida high school, therapists at another school wrote a letter to his psychiatrist saying he was fixated on guns... More
August 25, 2022
Dr. Laurie Karpf, the psychiatrist who treated Nikolas Cruz from 2008-2011 (ages 9-12), took the stand today in the penalty phase. More
August 25, 2022
Court TV anchor Judge Ashley Willcott and a guest analyst wonder whether Nikolas Cruz's childhood neighbor, Steven Schusler, was overly eager to testify. More
August 24, 2022
Steven Schusler, a family neighbor of Nikolas Cruz, said police cars were often at the Cruz house because of problems with the boy. More
August 24, 2022
Dr. Frederick Kravitz met with Nikolas Cruz over 13 months starting when he was 8-years-old. He spoke of Cruz's struggles with human interaction. More
August 24, 2022
A psychologist who treated Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz when he was 8 years old testified Wednesday that Cruz was a “peculiar child” who had many behavioral... More
August 24, 2022
By TERRY SPENCER and FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz as a toddler was intellectually and More
August 23, 2022
John Michael Newnham, a family counselor who treated Nikolas Cruz as a child, described the boy as 'emotionally handicapped.' More
August 23, 2022
John Michael Newnham, a family counselor who treated Nikolas Cruz as a child, said Cruz's adoptive mother was 'fearful' of him and 'reluctant' to discipline... More
August 23, 2022
Patricia Devaney-Westerlind was a friend of Nikolas Cruz's adopted mother. She described Nikolas as a handful, hyperactive, a biter and a bedwetter. More
August 23, 2022
Cruz's former special education teacher, Susan Hendler Lubar, testified that he 'had aggression and animal fantasy behavior.' More
August 22, 2022
Danielle Woodard finishes direct testimony and undergoes cross and redirect examination. More
August 22, 2022
Cruz's half sister told the jury that he came out of their mother's 'polluted womb,' a reference to the drugs and alcohol Brenda used while... More
August 22, 2022
Carolyn Deakins testified that they did a lot of drugs together and that Woodard drank and took drugs when she was pregnant with Cruz. More
August 22, 2022
Assistant Public Defender Melisa McNeill gave her deferred opening statement in the penalty phase for Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz. More
August 22, 2022
Assistant Public Defender Melisa McNeill gave her deferred opening statement in the penalty phase for Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz. More
August 22, 2022
Melisa McNeill, Cruz's lead public defender, is expected to give her opening statement Monday, having deferred its presentation from the start of the trial a month ago. More
August 22, 2022
The defense will try to convince the jury to give Cruz life in prison without parole rather than death. More
August 19, 2022
The Daubert hearing was supposed to be held because Cruz’s recent brain examinations were called into question. More
August 15, 2022
Soon, it will be Cruz's attorneys arguing why he should be spared, hoping to convince at least one juror their mitigating factors outweigh the prosecution's... More
August 15, 2022
The prosecutor seeking to sentence Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz to death let the facts speak for themselves as he presented his case. More
August 8, 2022
Psychiatrist Dr. Lateefah Watford spoke about Nikolas Cruz's disturbing online behavior leading up to the massacre and his overall appearance in court. More
August 5, 2022
The family of Parkland school shooting victim Peter Wang delivered their impact statement Thursday. More
August 5, 2022
The jury visited the scene of the Parkland school massacre and the state rested its case-in-chief on day 12 of the penalty phase for Nikolas... More
August 5, 2022
Court TV Field Producer Emanuella Grinberg was one of five journalists who participated in the jury tour of the preserved crime scene of the 2018... More
August 4, 2022
The jury visited the scene where Nikolas Cruz killed 14 students and three staff members four years ago. More
August 4, 2022
Jurors in the trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz are expected to walk through the still blood-spattered rooms of Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on... More
August 4, 2022
