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Parkland school shooter faces victims’ loved ones before sentencing

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Patricia Padauy Oliver speaks during her victim impact statement in the sentencing hearing for Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. on Tuesday, Nov. 1. Padauy Oliver's son, Joaquin Oliver, was killed in the 2018 shootings. Cruz was sentenced to life in prison for murdering 17 people at Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School more than four years ago.
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Ines Hixon, wipes away tears as she leaves the podium with her husband, Tommy Hixon, after she gave a victim impact statement during the sentencing hearing for Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. on Tuesday, Nov. 1. Tommy Hixon's father, Christopher, was killed in the 2018 shootings.
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Max Schachter gives his victim impact statement during the sentencing hearing for Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. on Tuesday, Nov. 1. Schachter's son, Alex, was killed in the 2018 shootings.
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Anne Marie Ramsay leaves the podium after giving her victim impact statement in the sentencing hearing for Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. on Tuesday, Nov. 1. Ramsay's daughter, Helena, was killed in the 2018 shootings.
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Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz sits at the the defense table during his sentencing hearing at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. on Tuesday, Nov. 1.
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Teresa Robinovitz is consoled after presenting her victim impact statement in the sentencing hearing for Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. on Tuesday, Nov. 1. Robinovitz's granddaughter, Alyssa, was killed in the 2018 shootings.
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Meghan Petty is comforted as she takes a break from giving her victim impact statement during the sentencing hearing for Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Tuesday, Nov. 1. Petty's sister, Alaina, was killed in the 2018 shooting.
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Michael Schulman gives his victim impact statement during the sentencing hearing for Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Wednesday, Nov. 2. Schulman's son, Scott Beigel, was killed in the 2018 shootings.
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Manuel Oliver gives the middle finger to the defense team during his victim impact statement in the sentencing hearing for Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Wednesday, Nov. 2. Oliver's son, Joaquin Oliver, was killed in the 2018 shootings.
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Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz is seated at the defense table for a sentencing hearing at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Wednesday, Nov. 2.
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Max Schachter, center, cries as the sentence is read for the murder of his son during the sentencing hearing for Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Wednesday, Nov. 2. Schachter's son, Alex, was killed in the 2018 shootings.
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Gena Hoyer wipes away tears as the sentence is read for the murder of her son during the sentencing hearing for Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Wednesday, Nov. 2. Hoyer's son, Luke, was killed in the 2018 shootings.
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Lori Alhadeff, and her husband Ilan Alhadeff holding a photo of her daughter Alyssa, talk to the media after the sentencing hearing for Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Wednesday, Nov. 2. Alyssa was killed in the 2018 shooting.
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Linda Beigel Schulman displays a composite photo of the 17 murdered students and staff as she gives her victim impact statement during the sentencing hearing for Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Wednesday, Nov. 2. Beigel Schulman's son, Scott Beigel, was killed in the 2018 shootings.
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Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz is sworn in as he is sentenced at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Wednesday, Nov. 2.

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