Florida: Defense motions to be heard in Parkland shooting case

Numerous defense motions are set to be heard in relation to 21-year-old man, Nikolas Cruz, for taking lives of 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Florida in year 2018. According to reports, two court hearings have been set for vember 1 for Nikolas, who will be awarded death sentence if he is found to be guilty of his crimes. He faces 17 first-degree charges and 17 attempted murder charges.

court hearings have been scheduled in order to stop prosecutors from seeking a death sentence against Kruz and also to dismiss allegations of attempted battery against a corrections officer after Parkland shootings. Cruz's legal representatives have stated that he will ple guilty to crimes in order to appeal for a life sentence but prosecutors have declined offer.

Civil lawsuits

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shootings resulted in a lot of civil lawsuits that included a case of negligence that was filed by a victim's family against Broward County's sheriff's deputy officer, Scot Peterson, for t confronting gunman at right time. 

People who survived shooting along with families of victims have sued Nikolas Cruz, family he was living with when he opened fire at school alongside three mental organizations who took task of evaluating Nikolas, maker of AR-15 rifle used by shooter.

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Marjory Stoneman Douglas public safety commission

15-member safety commission was criticized after formulating a controversial recommendation to prevent future school shootings. recommendation stated that all those teachers who volunteer, pass ir respective background checks and are a part of extensive training, should be given clearance to carry hidden handguns. commission argued that it was necessary for teachers to have se handguns because waiting for police forces to arrive would give more time to shooters to kill more people. 

safety commission's arguments were countered by Florida teachers union and state PTA wherein y said that teachers should t take on task of being a security guard and having more live weapons on campus will increase danger of such incidents. 

commission consisted of law enforcement, education, and mental health experts and fars of two children who h lost ir lives in shootings.

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Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting

On February 14, 2018, Nikolas Cruz opened fire with a semi-automatic AR-15 rifle at  Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, taking lives of 17 people and injuring 17 ors. former student escaped crime scene by mixing in crowd of fleeing students. 

Parkland shooting was tagged as worst school shooting in history of United States. shooting took place at a time of public support for gun control that came after shootings in Las Vegas and Texas shootings that took place in month of October and vember 2017.

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