A jury recommends life in prison for Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz
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Cruz pleaded guilty last year to 17 charges of premeditated murder and 17 counts of attempted murder
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Unanimity among the 12 jurors is required to impose the death penalty
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At least one juror concluded that for each murder, the aggravating factors did not outweigh mitigating circumstances in his case, resulting in the recommendation of a life sentence
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Prosecutors requested that those who were victims of Cruz be allowed to present testimony about the crime and what they see as appropriate sentence
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Family members of the victims express anger and frustration after the verdict
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Florida abolished death sentences by judicial override in 2016
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Cruz carried out the massacre on Valentine's Day in 2018
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He entered a school building through an unlocked side door and used an AR-15-style rifle to kill 14 students and three staff members, as well as wound 17 others
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The jury said it had come to a recommendation on a sentence, about 15 minutes after jurors were able to examine the murder weapon
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"He was literally poisoned in Brenda's womb," Cruz's lawyer says in closing arguments
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Cruz's lawyers say he suffers from fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, a condition that affects his reasoning and behavior
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Cruz is the deadliest mass shooting to go to trial in the U.S., according to the Associated Press