The latest legal news in the Parkland school massacre cases involving gunman Nikolas Cruz and school resource officer Scot R. Peterson.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz has begun. It's the deadliest U.S. mass shooting to go before... More
July 18, 2022
The State will push for Cruz, who is now 23, to be put to death for his crimes, while the defense team is expected to... More
July 18, 2022
The killer, who has already admitted guilt, faces the death penalty or life in prison without parole. More
July 15, 2022
After a long jury selection process, jurors in the case of the Parkland school shooter will have one question to answer: Life or death? More
July 15, 2022
Tony Montalto plans to be in court some days to represent his 'wonderful, forever 14-year-old daughter, Gina.' More
July 13, 2022
Tony Montalto, father of Parkland shooting victim Gina Montalto, gave his opinion on the Uvalde video release as a grieving dad. More
July 13, 2022
After a long jury selection process, the Parkland shooter faces the death penalty or life in prison without parole. More
July 11, 2022
A Florida judge has refused to delay the sentencing trial of Nikolas Cruz in the 2018 shooting at a high school in which 17 people... More
July 1, 2022
A jury of seven men and five women was chosen for a penalty trial to decide whether Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz should be sentenced to death... More
June 28, 2022
The final phase of jury selection in the penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz has begun. A final 83 candidates remain from about... More
June 22, 2022
Public defenders petitioned to withdraw from his death penalty trial after the judge ordered them to move forward with jury selection. More
June 7, 2022
The public defenders representing Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz tried to withdraw from his death penalty trial Monday after the judge ordered them to move... More
June 6, 2022
Nikolas Cruz faces either the death penalty or life in prison without the possibility of parole. More
May 31, 2022
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Jury selection in the penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz hit a new stumbling block when a potential... More
May 23, 2022
Jury selection in the penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz entered its second phase Monday with the attorneys asking questions of potential jurors. More
May 16, 2022
Jury selection in the sentencing phase for Parkland gunman Nikolas Cruz was back in court Monday, but once again it was only a brief meeting.... More
May 10, 2022
Jury selection in the death penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz was delayed Monday by at least a week because his lead attorney... More
May 2, 2022
Judge Elizabeth Scherer reversed a decision she made regarding a dispute over how to handle 11 potential jurors who were prematurely dismissed in the sentencing... More
April 27, 2022
The judge overseeing jury selection for a man who murdered 17 people at a Florida high school declared that the process will start over Monday. More
April 25, 2022
Today the judge ruled the jury can tour the school building where the shooting occurred. More
April 5, 2022
The jury that will decide whether Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz gets a death sentence will tour the blood-stained, bullet-pocked building where he murdered 17 people... More
April 5, 2022
Nikolas Cruz pleaded guilty to 17 counts of first-degree murder and attempted murder. The jury will decide whether he gets life in prison or the... More
April 4, 2022
Jury selection in the deadliest U.S. mass shooting ever to go to trial began Monday with preliminary screening for the panel that will determine whether... More
April 4, 2022
Attorneys for Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz and his prosecutors argued over whether jurors who will decide whether he is sentenced to death should be... More
March 30, 2022
During the confirmation hearing for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, Cruz questioned Jackson about critical race theory as well as her sentencing record on child pornography... More
March 23, 2022
The penalty phase, which begins April 4, will determine whether he gets the death penalty or life in prison without parole. More
March 22, 2022
Jury selection in the penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz is on track to begin April 4,. More
March 18, 2022
About five weeks before the shooting, an FBI tip line received a call saying Nikolas Cruz had bought guns and planned to "slip into a... More
March 17, 2022
Nikolas Cruz pleaded guilty to 17 counts of murder and 17 counts of attempted murder. The penalty phase is tentatively scheduled to start April 4. More
March 7, 2022
Four years after 17 students and others were gunned down at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, families and gun control advocates pressed President... More
February 14, 2022
