Parkland deputy who stayed outside school and then fled to safety during 2018 massacre that left 14 students and three teachers dead breaks down in tears as he is found NOT GUILTY of neglect

Daily Mail ^ | 29/6/23 | Andrea Cavallier

[Eleutheria5]

The former sheriff's deputy who fled to safety during the Parkland school massacre broke down in court today when a jury found him not guilty.

Former Broward County Deputy Scot Peterson wept as the verdicts were read. The jury had deliberated for 19 hours over four days.

The campus deputy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Peterson had been charged with failing to confront shooter Nikolas Cruz during his six-minute attack inside a three-story 1200 classroom building on February 14, 2018, that left 17 dead.

He could have received nearly 100 years in prison, although a sentence even approaching that length would have been highly unlikely given the circumstances and his clean record. He also could have lost his $104,000 annual pension.

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[Reynoldo]

Well, they’re spread over three stories.

[zeestephen]

The second Broward County (Florida) jury whose knees buckled when asked to make a tough decision.

The first jury refused to sentence the shooter to death.

This jury failed to find the school protection officer criminally negligent.

Hopefully, the parents of the dead students will sue the officer in civil court.