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Four years ago, in February, 2018, Nikolas Cruz entered his former school, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida and opened fire. He killed 17 people. After pleading guilty last year, he was up for the death penalty. Yesterday, a jury decided to not sentence him to death, and instead he will serve a life sentence without the possibility of parole. We speak to Alexis Hoag-Fordjour, Assistant Professor of Law & Co-director of the Center for Criminal Justice at Brooklyn Law School, to discuss what legally constitutes justice in a crime this heinous.
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Four years ago, in February, 2018, Nikolas Cruz entered his former school, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida and opened fire. He killed 17 people. After pleading guilty last year, he was up for the death penalty. Yesterday, a jury decided to not sentence him to death, and instead he will serve a life sentence without the possibility of parole. We speak to Alexis Hoag-Fordjour, Assistant Professor of Law & Co-director of the Center for Criminal Justice at Brooklyn Law School, to discuss what legally constitutes justice in a crime this heinous.

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