Parkland Shooter , Sentenced to Life in Prison , Without Parole.<br />On November 3, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School <br />shooter Nikolas Cruz was formally sentenced to <br />life in prison without the possibility of parole.<br />On November 3, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School <br />shooter Nikolas Cruz was formally sentenced to <br />life in prison without the possibility of parole.<br />24-year-old Cruz, who killed 17 people in <br />the 2018 mass shooting, will be transferred to <br />a federal prison where he will remain until his death.<br />24-year-old Cruz, who killed 17 people in <br />the 2018 mass shooting, will be transferred to <br />a federal prison where he will remain until his death.<br />Yahoo News reports that the sentencing came <br />one day after family members of the victims <br />were allowed to directly address Cruz in court. .<br />Yahoo News reports that the sentencing came <br />one day after family members of the victims <br />were allowed to directly address Cruz in court. .<br />Many of the family members wished Cruz <br />a painful death and expressed their hopes <br />that he would suffer greatly while in prison.<br />Many of the family members wished Cruz <br />a painful death and expressed their hopes <br />that he would suffer greatly while in prison.<br />The two-day hearing concluded a three-month <br />sentencing trial filled with emotional testimony and <br />graphic videos from the tragedy and its aftermath. .<br />The two-day hearing concluded a three-month <br />sentencing trial filled with emotional testimony and <br />graphic videos from the tragedy and its aftermath. .<br />Cruz, who was 19 years old at the time of the shooting, fired 140 shots during the seven-minute assault which he had planned for seven months.<br />Cruz, who was 19 years old at the time of the shooting, fired 140 shots during the seven-minute assault which he had planned for seven months.<br />Last year, Cruz pleaded guilty <br />to all charges against him.<br />Last month, a 12-member jury recommended Cruz be <br />sentenced to life in prison without parole after failing to <br />reach the unanimity required to sentence him to death.<br />Last month, a 12-member jury recommended Cruz be <br />sentenced to life in prison without parole after failing to <br />reach the unanimity required to sentence him to death.<br />Cruz's lawyers argued that his mother's excessive <br />drinking and drug use during pregnancy left <br />him with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.<br />The shooting was the deadliest <br />mass shooting to ever go to <br />trial in the United States.
