Cruz, 24, stared back at them, dressed in a bright red jail jumpsuit, showing no emotion behind a COVID-19 face mask.Speaking at Cruz but refusing to say his name, he said he hopes “other prisoners you will encounter in your new life will inflict that pain upon you, hopefully 17 times over again, until you are screaming for mercy, just like your victims.” Strong RSV vaccine data lifts hopes after years of futility FDA advisers meet on racial disparities in pulse oximeters Invasive mosquitoes could unravel malaria progress in Africa Antibody treatment tested as new tool against malaria Schachter said that it was his birthday and that when he blew out his cake’s candles Tuesday night, he would wish Cruz a painful death — and would every year until it happens.Some of the families verbally attacked Cruz’s public defenders, accusing them of misleading the jurors who voted for a life sentence into believing his birth mother’s excessive drinking had left him brain damaged and unable to control himself.“The legal system should protect and impart justice, justice, justice,” Patricia Oliver said, leaning over the lectern toward the defense attorneys and accusing them of “shameful, despicable behavior.” Cruz wounded her 17-year-old son Joaquin in the leg and then tracked him into a bathroom alcove.“You’ll be sent to jail, you’ll begin your punishment, you’ll be a number, and for me you will cease to exist.” — “We hope that you, the monster who did this to our son, endure a painful existence in your remaining days,” said Eric Wikander, the father of student Ben Wikander, who has undergone seven surgeries to repair his wounds."