A jury in Florida on Thursday spared the life of Parkland high school shooter Nikolas Cruz, the perpetrator of one of the deadliest school shootings in US history. Last year, Cruz pleaded guilty to premeditated murder. After three months of hearings, the jury recommended a life sentence without the possibility of parole. On 14 February 2018, Nikolas Cruz, then aged 17, opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland — a small town north of Miami — from which he had been expelled a year earlier. He killed 14 students and three school employees, and wounded 17 others. Families …