10 things you need to know today: July 19, 2022

Prosecutors describe the "unspeakable" Parkland killings as shooter faces possible death penalty, Europe's deadly heat wave reaches the U.K., and more

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1. Prosecutor describes Parkland killings in trial's penalty phase

Prosecutors on Monday described the "unspeakable" mass shooting that killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, as the sentencing phase of the confessed killer's trial began. Lead prosecutor Mike Satz said the attacker, former student Nikolas Cruz, had planned to murder people at a school for a long time before doing so in 2018. He added that all 17 of the killings were "heinous, atrocious, and cruel." Satz described each killing in detail, and said the killer walked over bodies, took off his vest, put down his rifle in the stairwell, and ran out after the murders, vanishing among students and teachers as they evacuated. Cruz could face the death penalty.

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.