{"id":1719937,"date":"2022-11-01T11:51:55","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T15:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1719937"},"modified":"2022-11-01T12:04:33","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T16:04:33","slug":"parkland-families-confront-mass-shooter-nick-cruz-in-sentencing-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/parkland-families-confront-mass-shooter-nick-cruz-in-sentencing-hearing\/","title":{"rendered":"Parkland Families Confront Mass Shooter Nick Cruz in Sentencing Hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fparkland-families-confront-mass-shooter-nick-cruz-in-sentencing-hearing%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1719937&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"speakable\">Family members of the 14 students and three staff members killed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/news-events\/florida-school-shooting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz<\/a> tore into him Tuesday in the opening day of his sentencing hearing, telling the Florida 24-year-old that he will &#8220;burn in hell&#8221; and &#8220;die as nothing.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The fiery and emotional comments made by those most directly affected by the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School attack come after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/jury-verdict-parkland-school-shooter-nikolas-cruz-sentence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">jury in Broward County recommended<\/a> in mid-October that Cruz should get life in prison, but not the death penalty.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m too told to see you live out your life sentence, but I hope your ever-breathing moment here on earth is miserable and you repent for your sins Nikolas and burn in hell,&#8221; Theresa Robinovitz, the grandmother of victim Alyssa Alhadeff.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>David Robinovitz, the slain 14-year-old&#8217;s grandfather, refused to address Cruz by his name during his statement, only calling him <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/crime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Parkland murderer.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/jury-verdict-parkland-school-shooter-nikolas-cruz-sentence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>JURY RECOMMENDS PARKLAND SCHOOL SHOOTER NIKOLAS CRUZ GETS LIFE IN PRISON, NOT DEATH PENALTY<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/640\/320\/Parkland-Shooting-Nikolas-Cruz-Sentencing-Victim-Impact-Statements.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Theresa Robinovitz, the grandmother of victim Alyssa Alhadeff, makes her statement Tuesday during the sentencing trial for Nikolas Cruz.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Theresa Robinovitz, the grandmother of victim Alyssa Alhadeff, makes her statement Tuesday during the sentencing trial for Nikolas Cruz.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(WSVN)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Parkland murderer, there\u2019s going to come a day \u2013 it could be a week from now, it could be a month from now, it could be 40 years from now \u2013 you are going to die. When you die, it is my fondest hope that they take you and burn you and take your ashes and throw them in the garbage dump,&#8221; Robinovitz told Cruz, who was wearing red prison garb.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You know why? Because garbage to garbage,&#8221; Robinovitz continued. &#8220;And at that time Parkland murderer it is my hope that you go somewhere to meet your maker of whatever it is and Parkland murderer I hope your maker sends you directly to hell to burn for the rest of your eternity.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Cruz \u2013 who appeared to mostly stare forward when shown on camera during the victim\u2019s statements \u2013 was observed looking around the room after David Robinovitz walked away from the podium.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/640\/320\/nikolas-cruz-parkland-escort-1.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz is escorted into the courtroom for a hearing regarding possible jury misconduct during deliberations in the penalty phase of his trial on Friday, Oct. 14, 2022, at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.\u00a0\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz is escorted into the courtroom for a hearing regarding possible jury misconduct during deliberations in the penalty phase of his trial on Friday, Oct. 14, 2022, at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.\u00a0<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Amy Beth Bennett\/South Florida Sun Sentinel via AP, Pool, File)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Earlier in the hearing, Deborah Hixon, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/parkland-shooting-victims-include-young-students-coach-who-saved-others-in-florida-high-school\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">widow of athletic director Chris Hixon<\/a> \u2013 told Cruz &#8220;He was stolen from us by an unimaginable act that you planned and executed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After today, I don\u2019t care what happens to you. You\u2019ll be sent to jail, you will be getting your punishment. You&#8217;ll be a number and for me, you will cease to exist,&#8221; she said. &#8220;You wanted to see the families suffer \u2013 well, no more. We will not just survive, we will thrive and we will honor Chris and the other 16 beautiful people that you took from us with positive action and wonderful memories.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/640\/320\/Parkland-Shooter-Nikolas-Cruz-Jury-Sentence-Verdict.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Chief Assistant Public Defender David Wheeler puts his arm around Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz as they await a verdict in his trial at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Chief Assistant Public Defender David Wheeler puts his arm around Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz as they await a verdict in his trial at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Amy Beth Bennett\/South Florida Sun Sentinel via AP, Pool)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Natalie Hixon, Chris\u2019 sister, told Cruz &#8220;After tomorrow nobody cares about you or what is going to happen to you.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You will die as nothing because you are nothing,&#8221; she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Greg Norman is a reporter at Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Family members of the 14 students and three staff members killed by Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz tore into him Tuesday in the opening day of his sentencing hearing, telling the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1719944,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1719937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1719937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1719937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1719937\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1719944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1719937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1719937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1719937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}