Parkland

Jury selection in the trial of an ex-sheriff's deputy charged with failing to confront the Parkland school shooter has gotten off to a speedy start.

The National Association of School Resource Officers says Scot Peterson is the first U.S. law enforcement officer tried for allegedly failing to act during a school shooting.

Fired Broward County deputy Scot Peterson told reporters on Monday that he believes the trial will show he did everything he could during the 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas.

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.

Florida juries can now send someone to death row with an 8-4 vote.

Legislators approved a bill that will allow death penalty sentences with the recommendation of at least eight jurors in favor. It now heads to Gov. Ron DeSantis' desk.

Judges would still have discretion to sentence defendants to life in prison after receiving jury recommendations of death sentences.

The vote by a House panel comes after the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the constitutionality of the 2018 law.

The law, which prevents the sale of rifles and other long guns to anyone under 21, was passed after the Parkland shootings.

Diana Haneski says if she thought about all of the children killed by guns since the 2018 Parkland shooting, she would be paralyzed with grief. So she focuses on what she can do — help the students who are at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School now.

After the shooting, their families were left wondering how they could go on with their lives while honoring our loved one’s memory. Most have answered by starting foundations or performing other charitable work.

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.