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A former Florida sheriff's deputy is about to be tried on charges he failed to confront the gunman who murdered 17 at a Parkland high school five years ago. Scot Peterson could get a nearly 100-year sentence if convicted of felony child neglect.

The Florida judge who oversaw the penalty trial of the Parkland mass murderer is resigning. Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer sent a resignation letter to Gov. Ron DeSantis saying she will step down June 30.

The new law took effect immediately and represents a major change in Florida’s death-penalty system. Lawmakers moved forward with the issue after the Parkland shooter was sentenced to life in prison last year.

House panel supports a bill would reverse part of a 2018 law that set the minimum age to buy a gun at 21 after the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.

The Florida Senate voted 6-2 to approve a state bill that would allow judges to sentence defendants to death based on the recommendations of only eight of the 12 jurors — --instead of requiring a unanimous vote.

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.

The gunman who carried out the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School has been ordered to serve 34 consecutive life sentences. Family members of victims say they hope it's a fate worse than the death penalty.

Updated: 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.

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The two men who offered a home, a job and a life far from South Florida to the brother of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter were arrested in Virginia charged with exploiting the young man while pretending to help him.

Prosecutors in the penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz will begin their rebuttal case Tuesday.

Defense lawyers for confessed Parkland gunman Nikolas Cruz are asking Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer to recuse herself, saying she took her criticism of their team too far when they rested their case without warning earlier this week.