Parkland School Shooter Public Defenders Seek To Withdraw Because Cruz Has Money Now
A parent's life insurance policy will mean a more than $400,000 payout for Nikolas Cruz. The public defender's office can only represent people who can't afford representation on their own.
by Matthew S. Schwartz
Apr 25, 2019
2 minutes
With the pending payout of a parent's life insurance policy, the confessed Parkland, Fla. school shooter could get more than $430,000. So he's no longer entitled to be represented for free by a public defender, his lawyers said in a court filing Wednesday
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