A Florida jury rejected the death penalty Thursday for the Parkland school shooter who killed 17 people on Valentine’s Day 2018.
The shooter received life in prison without the possibility of parole for each of the murders. The shooter, who The Daily Wire will not name, was in the penalty phase of his trial, having pleaded guilty to seventeen counts of murder last year.
Fourteen students and three staff members were killed, with the youngest victims only 14 years old.
The jury, composed of seven men and five women, had to be unanimous to impose the death penalty. Otherwise, the shooter had to receive a life sentence for his crimes, which prosecutors described during closing arguments as entailing “systematic massacre.”
Deliberations began on Wednesday, following the conclusion of a three-month trial. According to the Associated Press, the case is the deadliest of its kind to go to trial.
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