Nikolas Cruz registered to vote from jail

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Sheriff's officials say there's nothing they can do after outrage greeted the disclosure that Nikolas Cruz, who confessed to killing 17 people at a Florida high school, was allowed to register to vote from his jail cell over the summer.

Cruz, 20, who is charged with 17 counts of murder and 17 counts of attempted murder in the assault on Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland on Valentine's Day, registered as a Republican on July 25, listing the address of the Broward County Jail as his residence, according to state voter registration records.

Cruz's registration came to light on Saturday, when Andrew Pollack, the father of Meadow Pollack, one of the 14 pupils who were killed on Feb. 14, tweeted his anger.

Referring to Cruz by his court case number, Pollack wrote: "I'm sick to my stomach. 18-1958 murdered 17 students & staff, including my daughter Meadow. Yet in July, Broward Sheriff @ScottJIsrael let people into the jail to get him & other animals registered to vote. The Despicable Democrats have no shame. Can't let them steal this election."

Israel was re-elected sheriff in 2016 as a Democrat.

Florida law allows criminal defendants to vote as long as they haven't been convicted. While Cruz has confessed to the killings, he is still awaiting trial.

"Taking away the voting rights of an eligible person awaiting trial is illegal," said Veda Coleman-Wright, a spokeswoman for the sheriff's office, according to NBC affiliate WFLA of Tampa. "BSO serves as a mail courier between the inmates and the Supervisor of Elections office."

In an interview Sunday morning on Fox News Channel's "Fox & Friends," Pollack called Cruz's registration "a dagger in my heart."

"What kills me, too, is my daughter just turned 18," he said. "This would have been her first election. And she was robbed from that."

Pollack, an outspoken supporter of President Donald Trump, continued tweeting throughout Saturday and Sunday, warning that "sleaze ball Democrats" shouldn't be allowed to "steal" a recount of the ballots in the undecided Senate election between Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson and Republican Gov. Rick Scott.

Scott tweeted his thanks to Pollack, adding: "We will not let unethical liberals steal this election!"





Seems Nik wants to make his vote count.

I didn’t think about that before. He is not a convicted felon yet so he can still vote...

He’s technically still innocent until proven guilty under the law.

Screamingophelia wrote:

I didn’t think about that before. He is not a convicted felon yet so he can still vote...

He’s technically still innocent until proven guilty under the law.

True. But I think the victims families have every right to be fucking pissed all the same.

ShadowedGoddess wrote:

Screamingophelia wrote:

I didn’t think about that before. He is not a convicted felon yet so he can still vote...

He’s technically still innocent until proven guilty under the law.

True. But I think the victims families have every right to be fucking pissed all the same.

Absolutely

He is getting rights that were taken away from their children and that’s infuriating

I think I'll let the administrator of Kiwi Farms voice my opinion on this:
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ShadowedGoddess wrote:

Screamingophelia wrote:

I didn’t think about that before. He is not a convicted felon yet so he can still vote...

He’s technically still innocent until proven guilty under the law. 

True. But I think the victims families have every right to be fucking pissed all the same.

Pissed about what? I don't follow the outrage here, you might as well be getting pissed at him for continuing to breathe air.

QuestionMark wrote:

I think I'll let the administrator of Kiwi Farms voice my opinion on this:
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ShadowedGoddess wrote:

Screamingophelia wrote:

I didn’t think about that before. He is not a convicted felon yet so he can still vote...

He’s technically still innocent until proven guilty under the law. 

True. But I think the victims families have every right to be fucking pissed all the same.

Pissed about what? I don't follow the outrage here, you might as well be getting pissed at him for continuing to breathe air.

Well honestly I'm sure these people don't like that either. I think their outrage is the fact Cruz still gets the opportunity/right to vote, yet he took everything away from his victims. As a mom, I can understand their anger.

ShadowedGoddess wrote:

Well honestly I'm sure these people don't like that either. 

For some I don't doubt it, though I struggle to understand where the sense would be in giving Cruz the death penalty. But that's a topic for another day and another thread.

ShadowedGoddess wrote:

I think their outrage is the fact Cruz still gets the opportunity/right to vote, yet he took everything away from his victims. As a mom, I can understand their anger.

I dunno, I guess I'm just not getting it. At the end of the day he's still a human being even if his actions are heinous.

QuestionMark wrote:

ShadowedGoddess wrote:

Well honestly I'm sure these people don't like that either. 

For some I don't doubt it, though I struggle to understand where the sense would be in giving Cruz the death penalty. But that's a topic for another day and another thread.

ShadowedGoddess wrote:

I think their outrage is the fact Cruz still gets the opportunity/right to vote, yet he took everything away from his victims. As a mom, I can understand their anger.

I dunno, I guess I'm just not getting it. At the end of the day he's still a human being even if his actions are heinous.

If you ever become a dad somewhere down the line, I feel you would better understand.

I think its unfortunate that Mr. Pollack fell into the partisan political crap. His frustration toward the gun control debate never producing any results and challenging legislators to try to find other ways to secure schools was on point.

Besides Cruz registered Republican, so hes looking a bit silly.

Typical Trumpet (Trump voter).

W.A.R. wrote:

Besides Cruz registered Republican, so hes looking a bit silly.

Is it bad that I expected the Democrats to b the ones pitching a fit over this?

His next court date is tomorrow! Hoping for some more footage of him.

DanielGardner wrote:

His next court date is tomorrow! Hoping for some more footage of him.

Seeing as how he beat up a prison guard today I think they might not let him into the courtroom.

QuestionMark wrote:

His next court date is tomorrow! Hoping for some more footage of him.

Seeing as how he beat up a prison guard today I think they might not let him into the courtroom.

Yeah I hadn’t seen that yet. I just watched the hearing for the three new charges they added. Nik’s hair is a little longer, and he’s back to holding his head down. I hope he still goes to court tomorrow.