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Florida Prosecutor Seeks Death Penalty as Parkland High School Shooter’s Sentencing Trial Opens

HeadlineJul 19, 2022

In Florida, a prosecutor is seeking the death penalty for the gunman who pleaded guilty to killing 17 people, including 14 students, in the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. This is prosecutor Michael Satz speaking Monday.

Michael Satz: “I’m going to speak to you about the unspeakable, about this defendant’s goal-directed, planned, systematic murder, mass murder, of 14 children, an athletic director, a teacher and a coach.”

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