{"id":884117,"date":"2021-10-15T17:29:44","date_gmt":"2021-10-15T21:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=884117"},"modified":"2021-10-15T17:29:46","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T21:29:46","slug":"suspected-parkland-shooter-pleads-guilty-to-jail-battery-charges-will-also-plead-guilty-to-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/suspected-parkland-shooter-pleads-guilty-to-jail-battery-charges-will-also-plead-guilty-to-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspected Parkland shooter pleads guilty to jail battery charges, will also plead guilty to murder"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fsuspected-parkland-shooter-pleads-guilty-to-jail-battery-charges-will-also-plead-guilty-to-murder%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=884117&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--><div id=\"attachment_2551109\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2551109\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz is sworn in before pleading guilty, Friday, Oct. 15, 2021, at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Amy Beth Bennett\/South Florida Sun Sentinel via AP, Pool)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 1:54 PM PT \u2013 Friday, October 15, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>The self-confessed Parkland high school shooter, Nikolas Cruz, pleaded guilty to jail battery charges separate from his expected guilty pleas for murder.<\/p>\n<p>The former student pleaded guilty to four felony charges of assault and battery on a law enforcement officer on Friday after he allegedly attacked a deputy in 2018. According to video and eyewitness accounts, the suspect rushed, tackled and punched an officer in a jail common area before being restrained.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BREAKING<\/a>: Nikolas Cruz has officially pleaded guilty to assaulting a jail guard nine months after the 2018 Parkland shooting. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O6SP1NAtTr\">pic.twitter.com\/O6SP1NAtTr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WSVN 7 News (@wsvn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wsvn\/status\/1449038041906036739?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Cruz is also expected to plead guilty to 17 counts of murder and 17 counts of attempted murder in the 2018 school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Sources say punishment for the charges against him would give Cruz 17 consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole.<\/p>\n<p>However, prosecutors have been persistent in their pursuit of the death penalty.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/bill-clinton-hospitalized-in-california\/\">Bill Clinton Hospitalized In California<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz is sworn in before pleading guilty, Friday, Oct. 15, 2021, at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 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