![]() He said it was after he saw the public defender, Gordon Weekes, suggest that the families were inciting violence, and say that “no one has endured what the defense has endured.” On Wednesday, a few hours before the hearing began, he changed his mind. Her husband, Fred Guttenberg, announced the day before on Twitter that he would not be speaking. Lori and Ilan Alhadeff leave the podium after giving their victim impact statement during the sentencing hearing for Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday, Nov. “This is a club no one wants to be in,” said Jennifer Guttenberg. She said that, instead of the death penalty, love was her justice.īefore resuming her place in the gallery, she cursed at the defendant for what he did. ![]() “My justice lives in knowing that I loved, experienced a love most people can’t experience … I choose love, so in the end, I think that I win.” “My justice does not lie in knowing if you live or die,” she said. She acknowledged the defendant’s humanity and said she would have once wished for him “the love that I experienced” if not for what Cruz did. “Nobody else is allowed to love me like that.” She said she no longer feels safe, thanks to Cruz. “Joaquin loved me, for all of my flaws,” she said. ![]() Victoria Gonzalez, girlfriend of slain victim Oliver, showed up in court wearing one of his T-shirts, which read, in Spanish, “You with bullets, I with balls,” an anti-violence slogan promoting athletics. “Know this: While my family mourns our beautiful Alyssa, you will not own us or our feelings,” said the victim’s father, Ilan Marc Alhadeff, who denounced the defendant as an animal who deserves to be forgotten. “You robbed Alyssa of a lifetime of memories!” she shouted at the defendant, wishing him a “miserable” future. School board member Lori Alhadeff said her daughter Alyssa played the “best game of her life” at a soccer match the day before the shooting. Those who killed were: Alyssa Alhadeff, 14 Scott Beigel, 35 Martin Duque Anguiano, 14 Nicholas Dworet, 17 Aaron Feis, 37 Jaime Guttenberg, 14 Christopher Hixon, 49 Luke Hoyer, 15 Cara Loughran, 14 Gina Montalto, 14 Joaquin Oliver, 17 Alaina Petty, 14 Meadow Pollack, 18 Helena Ramsay, 17 Alexander Schachter, 14 Carmen Schentrup, 16 and Peter Wang, 15. “Just to be in the same room as this monster who killed our son, Nicholas, and attempted to kill our son, Alex, is unbearable,” said Annika Dworet, who recited the names of all 17 victims. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun Sentinel via AP, Pool)Īnnika Dworet embraces Sam Fuentes, right, who was injured in the 2018 shootings, after Fuentes gave her victim impact statement during the sentencing hearing for Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday, Nov. He was previously sentenced to 17 consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole for 17 additional counts of attempted murder for the students he injured that day. Cruz, who plead guilty to 17 counts of premeditated murder in the 2018 shootings, is the most lethal mass shooter to stand trial in the U.S. Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruzĭuring the sentencing hearing in Cruz's trial at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday, Nov. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun Sentinel via AP, Pool) He was previously sentenced to 17 additional consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole for 17 additional counts of attempted murder for the students he injured that day. Guttenberg's daughter, Jaime, was killed in the 2018 shootings. This as Fred Guttenberg gave his victim impact statement during the sentencing hearing for Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday, Nov. Members of the victims' families raise their hands when asked if they would be missing a loved one's wedding because that loved one was gunned down on Feb. Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun Sentinel
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