A Florida jury recommended the Parkland School shooter, Nikolas Cruz, receive life without parole for the massacre. Families of the 17 victims of the 2018 Parkland School massacre were outraged by the decision to spare Cruz from the death penalty. He appeared emotionless as the judge read the sentencing verdicts. As she continued naming each of the victims, he seemed to get fidgety. The families comforted each other while several were in utter disbelief, shaking their heads in disgust.