Fl. Shooter - Money,apparently, wasn't the problem

[packman]

Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz appears to have been in line for a sizable inheritance. He’ll never get to spend it — except perhaps on defense attorneys.

The amount could be enough to compel a judge to order him to hire a private lawyer, rather than be represented by the taxpayer-funded Broward County Public Defender’s Office.

The Public Defender’s Office, which represents Cruz for now, asked a judge late Tuesday to help figure out exactly how much money will be at Cruz’s disposal. His mother died in November, and Cruz told a family he was living with that he had an $800,000 trust fund, most of which he would receive in two years.

In the court filing, Assistant Public Defender Diane Cuddihy asked the judge to “determine whether the defendant is indigent.”

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article201203404.html#storylink=cpy

[ProudLib72]

1. $800K 17 ways is not enough

Just a start. Should be divided up and dispensed immediately.

[Yonnie3]

4. The 15 wounded could likely use that up quickly.

as they try to recover fully (if possible) and get on with their lives.

[ProudLib72]

5. Yep, $800K 32 ways

I find it disgusting that the money will go to his legal defense when it could do some good (even if just a tiny, tiny bit of good) for the affected families.

[Yonnie3]

6. It is sad

I just realized today, that there is little reporting about the wounded. I guess because they are not of legal age and rightfully so. Besides recovering from the physical trauma there is the psychological trauma.

[handmade34]

2. well

we don't know... he didn't have the money... sometimes 2 years is a lifetime

[Historic NY]

3. The NRA already got their cut.