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Parkland school shooter spared from execution for killing 17

Cruz, 24, pleaded guilty a year ago to murdering 14 students and three staff members. [AP]

A divided jury spared Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz the death penalty Thursday for killing 17 people at a Parkland high school in 2018, sending him to prison for the rest of his life in a decision that left many families of the victims angered, baffled and in tears.

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