GUILTY FL - 17 killed in Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, Parkland, 14 Feb 2018 *shooter Guilty, School officer NG* #5
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Password given. Current deliberation time: 6 hours 36 mins. #ScotPeterson #ParklandSchoolCopTrial
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Judge will let them go to 5pm ET today. #verdictwatch #scotpeterson
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Password given. Current deliberation time: 6 hours 36 mins. #ScotPeterson #ParklandSchoolCopTrial
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Deliberations continue in Parkland ex-deputy’s negligence trial
South Florida Sun-Sentinel[...]
Even if he is convicted, it’s unlikely someone like Peterson, with 32 years in law enforcement and no prior convictions, would be sentenced to a significant prison term. The charges come with no minimum and a maximum of more than 90 years. It is likely that he would lose his pension if the jury finds him guilty.
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DAY 2 VERDICT WATCH: Analyst: Jury in trial of ex-Parkland school resource deputy deciding if SRO is a ‘caregiver’
Jurors deliberating the fate of former Parkland school resource Deputy Scot Peterson will have to decide whether a school resource officer, or SRO, is a caregiver.
DAY 2 VERDICT WATCH: Analyst: Jury in trial of ex-Parkland school resource deputy deciding if SRO is a ‘caregiver’
Updated: June 27, 2023 at 5:08 PMFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Jurors deliberating the fate of former Parkland school resource Deputy Scot Peterson will have to decide whether a school resource officer, or SRO, is a caregiver.
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Peterson’s defense attorney Mark Eiglarsh, however, said his client was not a caregiver and said to call him one “is ludicrous.”
“He’s not a caregiver, he’s a police officer, and he is assigned to the school pursuant to that contract, but he is not there to make sure their bellies are full and that they are hydrated properly -- that idea is ludicrous,” Eiglarsh said.
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FL v. Scot R. Peterson: Parkland School Cop Trial
UPDATE: A Florida jury found Scot Peterson, the school resource officer accused of not confronting Nikolas Cruz, not guilty on all counts.
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TRIAL HIGHLIGHTS
DAY 12 – 6/27/23
- Judge Martin Fein sent the 6-person jury home for the day at 5 p.m. after they’d deliberated for nearly 6 hours and 30 minutes, bringing their total deliberation time to about 9 hours.
- The jury sent two notes:
- Note 1: Request for posters and visual aids that both sides used during the trial. DENIED because they were not admitted into evidence.
- Note 2: Request for a hard drive password to view security camera footage of the school campus. GRANTED.
- WATCH: Parkland School Cop Trial: Jury Deliberates for a Second Day
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This officer is an employee of a school district, he had a boss that determined his equipment, training, security measures, supportive personnel, and protocols.
The fact that a resource officer can be tried for negligence, and found guilty or even innocent for failure to act as an armed resource officer in protecting students means we have a problem.
Is it really the sole responsibility of a single resource officer?
Why was security in the golf cart with him not also armed?
How many armed officers were on the 45 acre campus with over 3000 students?
If guilty and he alone is believed responsible then the sentence may be great. What would you be thinking as a resource officer at any of the school districts in Florida?
If guilty and the sentence is light- then the district admin may also be held responsible.
If innocent- who is responsible beyond the shooter?
A resource officer is only as good as the support they receive from district admin, the security team. Resource officers do not act alone, but within a system set up by the district.
Did this officer complain about security on campus? Other armed officers? Gates, doors?
After this trial…
Do resource officers with this kind of experience at public schools feel prepared for an active shooter? How can they even know if they have not encountered a shooter?
If they do not feel prepared, they should say something until they do feel prepared or find employment at a district that supports their concerns.
Very curious on this trial as the fall out will be huge!
There are over 2200 high schools, just in Florida- 1400 of those are public.
Across the nation there are over 98,000 public schools, over 130,000 schools.
This is about 14,000 public school districts.
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DAY 3 VERDICT WATCH: Jurors still deliberating in trial of former Parkland school resource deputy
Jurors are continuing to deliberate Wednesday in the trial of former Parkland school resource Deputy Scot Peterson.
Jury resumes deliberations of ex-Parkland school resource officer’s fate in a rare trial over police conduct in a mass shooting
Updated 12:15 PM EDT, Wed June 28, 2023CNN — Jurors began a third day of deliberations Wednesday to mull a verdict in the trial of the former school resource officer who stayed outside during the 2018 massacre at a Parkland, Florida, high school in a rare trial focused on law enforcement response to a mass shooting.
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If the jury finds Peterson not guilty of the six most serious charges – second-degree felony child neglect, with up to 15 years in prison per count – they will have to consider whether he is guilty of lesser crimes.
They could instead find him guilty of third-degree felony child neglect – with up to five years in prison per count – or culpable negligence, a misdemeanor. Peterson also faces a separate charge of third-degree felony child neglect, and jurors could find him guilty of culpable negligence for that victim, too.
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DAY THREE of jury deliberations began at 9:10a. The jury has been deliberating over 9 hrs. They could be focused on the hours of surveillance video they requested access to yesterday. Here’s a clip of Peterson arriving in top left corner. The #Parklandmassacre began at 2:21p.
#ParklandSchoolCopTrial deliberations continue. Here’s a look at the jury instructions for one of the 11 charges. Will join
@TedCourtTV for a live report on @CourtTV in a few minutes.
@TedCourtTV for a live report on @CourtTV in a few minutes.
NEW: Judge is sending jury home for the evening. They will resume deliberations tomorrow morning at 9am ET. #ScotPeterson. They have been deliberating just under 15 hours total.
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Still no verdict in Parkland ex-deputy’s negligence trial
Deliberations continued Wednesday in the trial of former Broward Sheriff’s Deputy Scot Peterson, but the jury gave no indication of whether it was anywhere near a unanimous verdict.
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Scot Peterson did not confront the Parkland school shooting. Should he be jailed?
A trial of a police officer for failing to protect Parkland students raises legal and moral questions.
Scot Peterson did not confront the Parkland school shooting. Should he be jailed?
June 28, 2023 at 9:37 PM EDT[...]
Police officers are not legally obligated to sacrifice their lives on the job. But these recurring tragedies frequently place law enforcement in the position of having to defend students and engage directly with armed assailants.
"The entire country is watching this trial," said Bob Jarvis, a legal expert at Nova Southeastern University in Florida. "It is precedent setting. It will tell us, in the form of the jury, what average people expect of cops.
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There is no law that requires a police officer to put themselves in the line of fire, or risk their lives during a shooting.
Instead, prosecutors charged Mr Peterson with seven felony child neglect counts for the four student deaths and three injuries that took place on the third floor - once Mr Peterson was on the scene - as well as misdemeanor culpable negligence for three adults who were shot there.
Successfully persuading the jury that Mr Peterson was a caregiver for the children, and therefore obligated to protect them, is key to securing a conviction.
Mr Peterson's lawyer has argued that he was not, in fact, a caregiver.
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"It is human nature to find someone to blame, and Scot Peterson is an easy punching bag," Mr Jarvis said. It was easier to try Mr Peterson, he argued, than it was to solve the larger, thornier issue of wide access to guns in the US and a lack of mental health resources, particularly for young men and boys.
"There are many, many failures," Mr Jarvis said, "that led to Nicholas Cruz being able to do what he did."
Here is what the jury is tasked with - these are the verdict forms. For the first 7 counts there are 3 options. For counts 8, 9, 10 & 11 there are 2 options. FL v. #ScotPeterson #ParklandSchoolCopTrial
DELIBERATIONS DAY 4 #ParklandSchoolCopTrial FL v Scot Peterson This jury of six resumed at 9:16a. Broward Co. Courthouse
The jury has been deliberating over 19 hours and they have a question. This is the first time we've heard from them in 2 days. #ScotPeterson #ParklandSchoolCopTrial
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