October 14, 2022 · Page 2 of 2 · American Wire News

Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis argued Thursday that Parkland mass shooter Nikolas Cruz warranted execution after a jury recommended life imprisonment.

Cruz’s official sentencing is set for Nov. 1 after the jury recommended life in prison without the possibility of parole. DeSantis responded with disappointment.

“I think that if you have a death penalty at all, that that is a case where you’re massacring those students with pre-meditation and utter disregard for basic humanity, that you deserve the death penalty,” he said. “The jurors came back, apparently it was 11-1 with one holdout, refusing to authorize the ultimate punishment, and that means that this killer’s gonna end up getting the same sentence of who’ve committed bad acts, but acts that do not rise to this level.”

The governor commented on the jury’s decision just before announcing that all school districts would be able to reopen Oct. 18 following Hurricane Ian. He expressed belief that death was the only appropriate punishment of Cruz.

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