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Parkland school shooter who slaughtered 17 people can't be called an 'animal' at trial

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Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!An accused school shooter can't be called or referred to by terms like "animal" or "the thing" by witnesses or the prosecution during his trial, a judge ruled on Friday.

Judge Elizabeth Scherer said that it would be impossible to create a list of all acceptable and unacceptable phrases but that calling 22-year-old Nikolas Cruz an "animal" goes too far.

This phrase has been used by many of the victim's families to describe Cruz in media interviews. "A trial is not the time for the attorneys to editorialize or give their opinions of a defendant," Scherer wrote in her ruling.

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