Nikolas Cruz's defense says his brain was 'poisoned' by birth mother's addictions in death penalty trial

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Attorneys for Nikolas Cruz will begin presenting their case to jurors Monday morning that the 23-year-old gunman who killed 17 people and wounded 17 more at a high school in Parkland, Florida, is not deserving of the death penalty.

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