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Max Schachter, the father of victim Alex Schachter, is hugged by Fred Guttenberg, the father of victim Jaime Guttenberg, during the penalty phase of Nikolas Cruz's trial at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on July 26, 2022. - Cruz pleaded guilty in October to 17 counts of murder and 17 counts of attempted murder for the February 14, 2018, attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. A 12-person jury is to decide whether the now 23-year-old should receive the death penalty or a life sentence for what prosecutor Mike Satz called a "cold, calculated, manipulative and deadly" massacre. (Photo by Mike Stocker / POOL / AFP) (Photo by MIKE STOCKER/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)