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DeSantis reacts to Parkland shooter life sentence: ‘You deserve the death penalty’

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday weighed in on the life sentence verdict of Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz, saying the death penalty would have been more appropriate.  "I think that if you have a death penalty at all, that that is a case, where you’re massacring those students, with premeditation and utter disregard for humanity, that you deserve the death penalty," DeSantis said during a press conference.

FILE: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference on the island of Matlacha on October 05, 2022 in Matlacha Florida. (Win McNamee/Getty Images) The jury's decision came after seven hours of deliberations over two days, ending a three-month trial that included graphic videos and photos from the massacre and its aftermath, heart-wrenching testimony from victims' family members and a tour of the still blood-spattered building.The decision left many families of the victims angered, baffled and in tears.

DeSantis said Cruz’s life sentence means that he will get the same sentence as people who have committed bad acts but not at the level of premeditated mass murder.  "I just don’t think anything else is appropriate except a capital sentence in this case.

And so, I was very disappointed to see that," DeSantis said before criticizing the amount of time it took since the shooting to reach a verdict.

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