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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.

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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