The legal team for Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz attempted to get the sentencing trial pushed back from July 18, 2022 because of “a wave of emotion” in the wake of recent mass shootings. Apparently, they figured that nerves are too raw for their client’s trial to take place so soon.
The thing is that in America, mass shootings are like the weather. You can always count on certain weather conditions depending on the season and the region. While a mass shooting could occur anywhere in the world—and do happen in countries that have tight gun laws—in the U.S, these shootings have become expected.
Nikolas Cruz Was Never Going to Get His Sentencing Trial Delayed Because Mass Shootings are Evergreen in America
Honestly, the first time I’ve ever heard of this defense was from Cruz’s legal team. It just sounded like a Hail Mary pass, a reason that was lobbed out there in hopes that the judge was picking up what they were putting down. While 17th Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer said that the legal process hasn’t been unfavorable towards Nikolas Cruz so far and that the trial would continue, it’s really a question of when would’ve been a good time.
The judge could’ve pushed the trial back to September or October and it still would’ve been too close because there’s a likely chance of another shooting in that two-to-three-month window of time.
Then what? Does the legal system accommodate Cruz again and push the trial back once again? Or would the court do what it did in this case and say “Look Mr. Cruz, we moved it once. We’re running the trial”?
Ultimately, Judge Scherer made the right decision here as there was never going to be a time when there were no mass shootings where ten or more were either killed or injured.
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