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PARKLAND SCHOOL SHOOTING


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LIVE: State reps hold press conference 6 years after Parkland school shooting

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State representatives Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Mike Thompson (D-CA), and Maxwell Frost (D-FL) will hold a press conference on the sixth anniversary of the Parkland school shooting.

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Proposal would lower gun-buying age in Florida from 21 to 18

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A House Republican from Northeast Florida on Thursday renewed an attempt to lower the minimum age from 21 to 18 for people to buy rifles and other long guns in Florida, potentially reversing part of a law that passed in the aftermath of the 2018 mass shooting at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

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Parkland massacre survivors, victim’s families visit school building shooting site before demolition

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Families of the victims and survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre were allowed back into the 1200 building where the shooting occurred beginning Wednesday.

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‘A mess for a while’: Changes to Florida’s death penalty laws causing issues in high-profile local murder cases

Read full article: ‘A mess for a while’: Changes to Florida’s death penalty laws causing issues in high-profile local murder cases

Attorneys are calling the changes to Florida’s death penalty law a real problem that could set up years of litigation.

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Audit finds DCPS complying with state’s school-based crime reporting following scathing report

Read full article: Audit finds DCPS complying with state’s school-based crime reporting following scathing report

News4JAX reported last summer when that a grand jury found that Duval County Public Schools was significantly under-reporting crimes.

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Public memorial planned for Parkland school victims

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A nonprofit organization in Florida is planning a public memorial dedicated to the 17 people who died during a 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

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Parkland school shooter spared from execution for killing 17

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

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Prosecutor makes final case for school shooter’s execution

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The lead prosecutor and attorney for Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz have made their closing arguments over whether he should be sentenced to death or life in prison.

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Defense suddenly rests case in Florida school shooter trial

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Attorneys for Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz have suddenly and surprisingly rested their case, leading to a shouting match after the judge accused them of a lack of professionalism.

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Expert: School shooter’s mother drank heavily in pregnancy

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One of the nation's leading researchers on the effects of fetal alcohol abuse says the birth mother of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz drank more in pregnancy than any woman he has documented.

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Expert: School shooter’s mother drank heavily in pregnancy

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One of the nation's leading researchers on the effects of fetal alcohol abuse says the birth mother of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz drank more in pregnancy than any woman he has documented.

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Witness: Florida school shooter struggled in middle school

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A former counselor testified that Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz struggled academically and behaviorally in middle school.

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DeSantis appointees replace elected school board members

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Four school board members appointed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis in one of Florida's most Democratic counties have been sworn in.

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Testimony: School shooter witnessed dad’s death at age 5

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A family friend says Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz as a small child witnessed his adoptive father's sudden death.

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DeSantis axes school board members tied to Parkland massacre

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has removed four board members at the school district where a 2018 campus massacre occurred.

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Letter: School shooter fixated with guns, dreamed of killing

Read full article: Letter: School shooter fixated with guns, dreamed of killing

Four years before Nikolas Cruz murdered 17 people at a Florida high school, therapists at another school wrote a letter to his psychiatrist saying he was fixated on guns and dreamed of killing others and being covered in blood.

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Dried blood and roses: Jury gets rare look at Parkland scene

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Jurors in the trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz have toured the still-bloodstained building where he murdered 17 people four years ago.

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Officers describe horror they saw after Parkland shooting

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Florida law enforcement officers have told a jury about the horror they found inside a high school after 17 people were massacred there four years ago.

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Teachers weep recalling students killed in Parkland shooting

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Eyewitnesses to the killings of 17 people by Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz are giving heart-wrenching testimony at his penalty trial.

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Jurors see gruesome video of Florida school shooting

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Jurors in the penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz are being shown graphic video of him murdering 17 people inside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

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Parkland jurors must manage trial stress on their own

Read full article: Parkland jurors must manage trial stress on their own

The 12 jurors chosen to decide whether Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz is executed will be exposed to horrific images and emotional testimony, but must deal with any mental anguish alone.

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Bipartisan gun reform effort has given hope to parents of 2 Parkland students

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A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators have reached a compromise – on the biggest debate in the nation: gun reform.

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From Columbine to Robb, 169 dead in US mass school shootings

Read full article: From Columbine to Robb, 169 dead in US mass school shootings

Fourteen mass shootings at U.S. schools since 1999's massacre at Columbine High School in Colorado have killed a total of 169 victims.

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Jury selection in school shooter’s trial upended by T-shirt

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Jury selection in the penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz hit a new stumbling block when a potential juror wore a T-shirt potentially prejudicial to his case.

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Jury selection for Florida school killer enters 2nd phase

Read full article: Jury selection for Florida school killer enters 2nd phase

Jury selection in the penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz has entered its second phase with the attorneys asking questions of potential jurors individually.

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Florida judge was assigned to school shooter case at random

Read full article: Florida judge was assigned to school shooter case at random

The judge presiding over Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz's death penalty trial was assigned the case despite never having overseen a major trial.

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Jury selection in Nikolas Cruz’s trial could take over month

Read full article: Jury selection in Nikolas Cruz’s trial could take over month

Jury selection for Parkland, Florida, school shooter Nikolas Cruz is set to begin Monday after four years of legal maneuvering and pandemic delays.

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How to combat alarming pace of school gun violence

Read full article: How to combat alarming pace of school gun violence

In the four years since the deadliest high school massacre in U.S. history, violence in schools is rising.

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Remembering the Parkland school massacre: 4 years later

Read full article: Remembering the Parkland school massacre: 4 years later

It was on this day four years ago that 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

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Families of Parkland shooting victims reach $25 million settlement with school district

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The families of victims killed during a school shooting in Parkland in 2018 have reached a $25 million settlement with the school district, media outlets reported Monday.

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Gov. DeSantis orders flags at half-staff Sunday to honor 17 lives lost in Parkland school shooting

Read full article: Gov. DeSantis orders flags at half-staff Sunday to honor 17 lives lost in Parkland school shooting

Ron DeSantis ordered flags across the state be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset Sunday to honor the 17 lives lost in the Parkland school shooting. Authorities said a former student of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School opened fire on campus with an AR-15 rifle on Valentine’s Day in 2018. When the gunfire ended, 14 students and three staff members were dead, and 17 others were wounded. In his proclamation for a day of remembrance, DeSantis asked fellow Floridians to pause for a moment of silence at 3 p.m. Sunday. The panic alert measure was dubbed “Alyssa’s Law,” in honor of 14-year-old Alyssa Alhadeff, one of the students killed three years ago.

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Father of victim reflects on three years since Parkland school shooting

Read full article: Father of victim reflects on three years since Parkland school shooting

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Sunday marks three years since the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. So every day is like Sunday for me.”On Thursday, Schachter helped launch the first statewide dashboard to reduce school violence — School Incident Report. Senators Marco Rubio and Rick Scott, along with Wisconsin’s Sen. Ron Johnson filed the Luke and Alex School Safety Act of 2021, an identical bill as was filed last legislative session. If passed, the bill would nationally systematize the bundle of school safety information compiled at schoolsafety.gov. “The Trump administration agreed with my idea, they created this school safety clearinghouse.”AdSen. Rubio said this centralized source for best school safety practices will provide schools some consistency nationwide.

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3 years after Parkland, lawmakers mixed on Florida’s gun laws

Read full article: 3 years after Parkland, lawmakers mixed on Florida’s gun laws

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Sunday will mark three years since the Parkland High School mass shooting that left 17 students and staff dead. Manuel Oliver’s son, Joaquin, was one of the 17 killed in the Valentine’s Day mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Oliver, who says her son was also her best friend, is still waiting for lawmakers to take action. AdAfter the Parkland shooting, the Legislature increased the age to purchase firearms from 18 to 21. The same legislation also allowed trained school staff to possess firearms on school grounds.

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Gov. DeSantis signs school panic alarm bill

Read full article: Gov. DeSantis signs school panic alarm bill

Ron DeSantis on Tuesday signed a bill that will require each public school in the state to have a panic alert system starting in the 2021-2022 academic year. The bill (SB 70), which passed during the legislative session that ended in March, was named Alyssas Law, after Alyssa Alhadeff, a student who was among 17 people killed in the February 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. The panic-button systems will be required to link to local law-enforcement agencies, with a goal of improving coordination and reducing response times by first responders during emergencies. DeSantis did not publicly comment about the bill Tuesday, but House and Senate sponsors announced that he had signed it. In the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas, milliseconds mattered -- and the lack of real-time coordination between first responders likely cost precious lives, Senate sponsor Lauren Book, D-Plantation, said.

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Florida Supreme Court blocks assault weapon ban from ballot

Read full article: Florida Supreme Court blocks assault weapon ban from ballot

A group called Ban Assault Weapons Now sponsored the proposed constitutional amendment, inspired by the mass shooting at a Parkland high school that left 17 people dead. While the ballot summary purports to exempt registered assault weapons lawfully possessed prior to the Initiatives effective date, the Initiative does not categorically exempt the assault weapon, only the current owners possession of that assault weapon. The ballot summary is therefore affirmatively misleading, the court wrote in its opinion. But since the petitions used the language the court says is invalid, the group cant simply tweak the ballot summary. Attorney General Ashley Moody opposed the ballot initiative, as did the National Rifle Association, which hired a legal team to fight it.

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Judge scraps mediation in gun lawsuit

Read full article: Judge scraps mediation in gun lawsuit

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. The National Rifle Association and Florida officials will avoid mediation in a lawsuit challenging a 2018 state law that prevents people under age 21 from purchasing firearms, under an order issued this week by a federal judge. The law raised the age from 18 to 21 to purchase long guns, such as rifles and shotguns. Accordingly, the issues involved in this case are not amenable to mediation. Mediation would not be a productive exercise, nor would it be a worthwhile use of the parties, or the courts, resources, the lawyers wrote. In Mondays order granting the request, Walker wrote this court finds good cause has been shown why the mediation requirement should be waived.

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Gun safety bill stalls in Florida Legislature

Read full article: Gun safety bill stalls in Florida Legislature

It would also strengthen laws governing gun storage and introduce new requirements for private sales. “We need four Republican votes would be my guess in the Senate to pass a bill and it would shock me if we don’t have four Republican votes for common sense gun safety,” Lee said last month. And as session reached its midpoint, Senate President Bill Galvano signaled the measure still had many obstacles to overcome. “Anytime a bill’s sponsor is pessimistic about passage of a massive gun control bill it’s a good thing," former NRA President Marion Hammer said. We continue to watch, we continue to work and we continue to fight.”Even if the bill were to pass the Senate, convincing the House and the Governor would likely be a daunting task.

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