The trial of Nikolas Cruz for the massacre perpetrated in 2018 at a high school in Parkland, Florida (USA), will begin on April 4 with the selection of the jury, after several postponements at the request of lawyers and prosecutors, local media reported this Friday.
In a meeting with both parties and the judge in charge of the case, Elizabeth Scherer, the aforementioned date and reserved the last two days of March to address any problem that could arise between the parties before the selection of the jury, picked up the CBSMiami channel.
Cruz, who now has 23 years, pleaded to 2021 guilty to 17 charges of murder in first degree and 17 charges of attempted murder in the armed attack perpetrated at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland on 12 February 2018.
A jury must decide between recommending the application of the death penalty (which will require the 12 members to agree), or life imprisonment without parole.
Cruz was 19 years old when he entered his old school armed with a rifle and perpetrated the massacre.
He himself The day of the massacre, Cruz was arrested and confessed to the Police that he had been the author of the shots.
The young man , who after the death of his adoptive mother went to live with a foster family, was a gun lover and had psychological problems.
Cruz, who was expelled from that center for misconduct, He has been detained ever since and has had problems in prison, where he had a fight with a guard.
The United States Department of Justice announced on Wednesday a settlement for an amount of 127,5 million dollars with the relatives of the victims of the shooting.