Some parents who lost their children at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School have made their feelings known about a potential death penalty trial. Here's how Cruz's death penalty trial would unfold:A death penalty trial could take yearsDeath penalty trials involve an extensive process that painstakingly combs through graphic details of the shooting in court. During death penalty trials, the defense focuses on proving mitigating circumstances to convince a jury not to impose the death penalty, Hornsby said. If the death penalty trial proceeds, he said, he will not attend any hearings. In South Carolina, Roof's death penalty trial was so agonizing, during cross-examination, defense attorney David Bruck spoke only eight words when he approached one victim.

Source: CNN April 26, 2018 10:08 UTC