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November 3, 2022

Judge Sentences Parkland Mass Shooter Nikolas Cruz to Life Without Parole
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In Florida, a judge has sentenced Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz
to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Cruz killed 17
people in a 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
Ahead of Wednesday's sentencing, survivors and victims' families' were
given an opportunity to confront Cruz directly in the courtroom. This is
Samantha Fuentes, a former classmate of Cruz and a survivor of the
massacre. 

Samantha Fuentes: "You were a hateful bigot with an AR-15 and a
God-complex. You still are, minus the gun. You might have everyone else
fooled but not me, because this is personal. Racism is not a mental
illness. Perfectly planned and articulated manifestos and plans are not
characteristic of the sickly or mentally unhinged."

Samantha Fuentes and other survivors of the attack have become prominent
gun control advocates.


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