Judge: Jurors can see school shooter’s Instagram photos

By TERRY SPENCER
Associated Press

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A judge says the gunman who killed 17 at a Florida high school four years ago had no expectation of privacy when he posted disturbing photographs to a public Instagram account before his rampage. Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer said at a hearing on Monday that Nikolas Cruz wanted others to see photographs he posted of himself with guns. She said the jurors who will decide whether to recommend the death penalty for the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in Parkland can see them. Cruz’s attorneys had argued that investigators’ seizure of those photos violated his privacy rights. Jury selection for Cruz’s penalty trial is scheduled to begin Feb. 21.