Nikolas Cruz plans to plead guilty to 17 counts of murder for the 2018 Parkland school shooting, his lawyers say.
in Parkland, Florida, his lawyers said Friday.
The pleas will come with no conditions and prosecutors still plan to seek the death penalty. That will be decided by a jury.Prosecutors seemed to be blindsided by the declaration of Cruz's intentions during an abruptly scheduled hearing on Friday. He also said he has not been on medication for about a year and had been told previously that he suffered from anxiety and depression but had not been formally diagnosed, and was mentally fit to plead guilty.Scherer explained that prosecutors can argue that the conviction is an aggravating factor when they seek his execution during the penalty phase of his murder trial if convicted. Cruz said he understood.in an Uber, just before classes were over on Feb. 14.
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