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Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz cannot be called an 'animal' or any other derogatory names during trial, judge rules

Prosecutors and witnesses in the future trial of Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz will not be allowed to use derogatory words to refer to the defendant, according to a ruling by a Florida judge.

It would not be feasible, Broward County Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer said, to create "an exhaustive list of words," that should not be used to describe Cruz, who faces 34 counts of premeditated and attempted murder for the February 2018 shooting at a South Florida high school that left 17 people dead. But the use of terms like "animal" or "that thing" would not be permitted during the trial, Scherer said.

However, Scherer's ruling, issued Friday, said the defense had also asked some words not be used -- like "school shooter," "murderer" or "killer" -- were not derogatory, but "normal words or terms that may be used to describe particular facts."

That thinking also applies to words that reference the shooting itself, Scherer said, like "massacre," which describes a "particular circumstance" and is not, "in and of itself," a derogatory word.

Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for Cruz, who previously confessed to the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that spawned a massive national protest movement against gun violence in American schools. He has pleaded not guilty, but his attorneys previously said he would plead guilty in exchange for a life sentence without the possibility of parole. A date for the trial has not been set.

The ruling comes after attorneys for Cruz on Wednesday argued in support of two motions to keep state prosecutors and witnesses from referring to Cruz or the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in an "inflammatory manner."

Okay so my mom has been controlling all of my life, and has been a tiger parent since this is an Asian household. She’s is emotionally, physically, and financially abusing my siblings and I since we were born. However, recently like within the last few years, my brother started to go out and have sleepovers claiming it was for work when we caught him actually having sleepovers with his girlfriend (we’re all not allowed to date either).

here’s the kicker, my mom doesn’t do anything to him about it. She claims she has discussions with him and he “apologizes saying he won’t do it again” but does continually in front of her face to the point she just lets him go no questions asked. But, if I want to do the same, it’s a problem. She doesn’t see an issue with her ways and feels like she’s treating us appropriately.

i told her that I wanted to go to a sleepover today since I’ve been planning it for quite some time and she threatened to get physical with me and all that other jazz. I’m not sure what to do or if I should wait until tomorrow or something like once I leave the house to tell her I’m staying the night even though that might cause more problems. I talked to my therapist about this as well and he’s telling me to do it but I’m not sure how. Also I’m 22 years old. What do you think?