NEW YORK ¨C Florida prosecutors will seek the death penalty for Nikolas Cruz, the former student accused of murdering 17 people in a shooting spree last month at a Parkland high school, according to a notice filed in court on Tuesday.
Michael Satz, the state attorney for Broward County, filed the notice with Judge Elizabeth Scherer of his office¡¯s intent to seek the death sentence, ahead of a court hearing on Wednesday.
The notice cited multiple reasons under Florida law for the death penalty. Those included the charges that Cruz ¡°knowingly created a great risk of death¡± to many people, the shooting was ¡°especially heinous, atrocious or cruel,¡± and it was committed in a ¡°cold, calculated and premeditated manner.¡±
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