Fort Lauderdale, FL – The man accused of gunning down 17 people at a Florida high school registered to vote while behind bars awaiting trial.
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The SunSentinel reports Nikolas Cruz registered as a Republican on July 25. He’s charged with 17 counts of first-degree murder and 17 counts of attempted murder for the Valentine’s Day massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.
Andrew Pollack, the father of a victim, tweeted Saturday that he’s “sick to his stomach” Cruz was allowed to register in jail and criticized Broward Sheriff Scott Israel for allowing it. But Cruz hasn’t been convicted of a crime and was eligible to vote this year.
Sheriff’s spokeswoman Veda Coleman-Wright says the supervisor of elections controls the process. Once inmates are registered, absentee ballots are mailed to them in jail.
Probably voted Democrat.
While I certainly feel terrible for all those parents whose children were killed or injured in the massacre, we are still a country of laws. As a trial has not yet commenced nor has a sentence been handed down, our Constitution provides a presumption of innocence until the accused is found guilty by a jury of peers. I’m not prepared to give up all the other protections provided by our legal system just to prevent one deranged young man from voting.