- Defense team presents case this week after prosecution spent three weeks telling jurors how Nikolas Cruz murdered those inside Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
- Cruz’s lead public defender, expected to give team’s opening statement Monday, having deferred its presentation at start of the trial.
- Lawyer for Cruz, now 23, expected to begin by laying out client’s troubled life history.
- Whether Cruz is instead sentenced to life behind bars without parole will be decided by jury of the seven men, five women.
