Where is Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School?

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is a Florida-based school where the infamous shooting by Nikolas Cruz took place, killing 17 people. Cruz is facing trial in the case at a Florida court and the jury pronounced its recommendations that Cruz be given a life sentence in prison without parole.

The latest reports from the trial say that Judge Elizabeth Scherer has set November 1, 2022, as the date of sentencing for Cruz. 

Also read: Nikolas Cruz family: All you need to know

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is located in Parkland, Florida. The school lies on Pine Island road and comes under the Broward County Public Schools district. It was founded back in 1990, according to the school’s website. 

Nikolas Cruz had been a student of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School but he was expelled from there on account of inappropriate behaviour. People close to Cruz had told CNN that his adoptive mother’s death just three months before the shooting affected Cruz severely and also resulted in his expulsion.

After the shooting happened, some students in the school started the March for Our Lives Movement which advocates stronger gun control nationally.

The case for the 17 victims in the Parkland shooting is being led by Assistant Attorney General Michael Satz who has claimed that Cruz is a cold-blooded sociopath who planned and executed the shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. 

Also read: Nikolas Cruz sentencing: Parkland school shooter hearing set for November 1

Cruz is being defended by Melisa McNeill, the Chief Assistant Public Defender in the Capital Homicide Division at Broward County Public Defenders Office. She has pleaded with the jury to move away from the death sentence on account of Cruz’s mother’s history of substance abuse and crime. 

The Parkland school shooting is the deadliest school shooting in the US. Its death count of 17 surpassed April 1999 shooting at the Columbine High School that killed 15 people.