Seeking Death Penalty

From the BBC:

"Florida shooting: Prosecutors seek death penalty for Nikolas Cruz"

US prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for the teenager accused of killing 17 people at a Florida high school last month. Nikolas Cruz, 19, has admitted carrying out the attack and is charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder. The attack, at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, is the deadliest US school shooting since 2012. It has re-ignited long-running debates about tougher firearm restrictions. Cruz has told police that he arrived on campus and began shooting students before abandoning his weapon and escaping, according to court documents. The FBI has admitted it received a tip-off about him last year. In a notice filed on Tuesday, prosecutors said they would seek the death penalty and would prove the crime "was especially heinous, atrocious or cruel." "The capital felony was a homicide and was committed in a cold, calculated and premeditated manner without any pretence of moral or legal justification," the notice said. Lawyers representing Cruz have said he will plead guilty if the death penalty is not considered. "We still stand ready to immediately plead guilty to 34 consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole," Howard Finkelstein, a county public defender, said. "We are not saying he is not guilty but we can't plead guilty while death is still on the table," he added.  

^ This is one of those mass murder crimes that the Death Penalty should be used for. I know the "cool" trend is to get rid of the Death Penalty (around the US and the world) but with the mass murder and terrorist attacks going up around the world it would be stupid to get rid of the Death Penalty. I remember after the Boston Marathon Bombing people in Massachusetts wanted the Death penalty for the terrorist, but MA no longer has the Death Penalty. Since terrorism is a Federal Crime and the Federal Government has the Death Penalty the terrorist was found guilty and sentenced to death. I do not understand anyone who is against the Death Penalty - especially in cases of terrorism and mass murder. To me "Life in Prison" for such horrendous crimes just shows that the life of the victim(s) is not worth that much. ^

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43391505