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Woodard carried around a Big Gulp cup filled with malt liquor, Deakins said. "Snorting cocaine, drinking," she said. "That's what we did every day." She and Brenda Woodard did "anything we could get our hands on" in the late '80s, she said. Now, Nikolas Cruz's attorneys must work to save his life.įriend of Cruz's biological mother testifies about substance abuseĬarolyn Deakins, a friend of Cruz's biological mother, was the first witness that the defense team called to the stand. 'Disturbing on a number of levels': Jurors tour preserved crime scene at Stoneman Douglas HighĪnything but 'normal': Lives of Parkland victims' families marked by absence, anguish, sorrow If it recommends death, Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer will make the final ruling, likely sometime this fall.įollow along for live coverage of Monday's hearing. The 12-person jury will recommend whether Cruz, then 19 and now 23, is put to death or sentenced to life in prison without parole. Jurors returned to the courtroom Monday to hear, for the first time, Cruz's defense in favor of life in prison. 4 after 12 days of emotional testimony and graphic evidence of the shooting and its aftermath. Prosecutors pushing for the death penalty rested their case against Cruz on Aug. Watch Video: Students recall day of Florida school shootingįORT LAUDERDALE - Monday marks the 13th day of the sentencing trial of Nikolas Cruz, who pleaded guilty in 2021 to killing 17 people and wounding 17 others at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland on Feb.
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