Parkland

Legislators approved a bill that will allow death penalty sentences with the recommendation of at least eight jurors in favor. It now heads to Gov. Ron DeSantis' desk.

Judges would still have discretion to sentence defendants to life in prison after receiving jury recommendations of death sentences.

The vote by a House panel comes after the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the constitutionality of the 2018 law.

The law, which prevents the sale of rifles and other long guns to anyone under 21, was passed after the Parkland shootings.

Diana Haneski says if she thought about all of the children killed by guns since the 2018 Parkland shooting, she would be paralyzed with grief. So she focuses on what she can do — help the students who are at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School now.

After the shooting, their families were left wondering how they could go on with their lives while honoring our loved one’s memory. Most have answered by starting foundations or performing other charitable work.

Five years since the 2018 Parkland school shooting, many have decided to honor the lives that were lost due to this act of violence through non-profit organizations and passing legislation in the state and across the country.

Parents of the victims, and those who were most closely impacted by the shooting, offer their reflections as the fifth anniversary approaches.

It will be located on a nature preserve on the edge of the Florida Everglades.

After a jury recommended the sentence, the judge could not change it. But she did allow victims and families to speak directly to Nikolas Cruz for the first time to express their anger and grief.

During a hearing at the Broward County Courthouse on Tuesday, victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School poured out their grief and anger — at the confessed gunman and the judicial system.

A two-day hearing is scheduled to begin Tuesday that will conclude with Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer formally sentencing Nikolas Cruz.