The sentencing trial for Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz begins Monday, with the start of the jury selection process. Cruz, 23, murdered 17 people and wounded 17 others at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High on Feb. 14, 2018. Here鈥檚 what you need to know about the proceedings:
Nikolas Cruz won鈥檛 be escaping punishment. The 23-year-old former MSD student pleaded guilty in November to 17 counts of first-degree murder, and 17 counts of attempted murder. He鈥檚 also pleaded guilty to attacking a Broward sheriff鈥檚 deputy several months after the shooting.
There鈥檚 only two possible sentences: life in prison without the possibility of parole, or the death penalty.
The jury will have a lot to weigh. Prosecutors must prove 鈥渁ggravating factors鈥� that make this case worthy of death penalty. They include the 鈥渉einous, atrocious and cruel鈥� and calculated nature of the massacre, knowingly creating a 鈥済reat risk of death to many persons鈥� and his conviction for battering a Broward deputy.
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