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A judge entered a plea of not gui stanley cup lty on Nikolas Cruz s behalf as the teen was arraigned Wednesday in last month s massacre at a South Florida high school -- on the same daystudents across the country walked out of classto demand stricter gun laws because of the killings.A Broward County grand jury last weekindicted the 19-year-old gunmanon 17 counts of premeditated murder in the first degree and 17 stanley tumbler counts of attempted murder in stanley cups the first degree.Wednesday s plea in a Fort Lauderdale court came after Cruz s defense attorney told the judge that the teen was standing mute to the charges -- meaning he was declining to enter a plea.Cruz, wearing a red jail jumpsuit, largely kept his head down as he sat in a jury box with three law enforcement officers standing behind him.Some relatives of the victims also sat in the courtroom, watching the proceedings. A few of them wiped tears after Cruz entered the room.Also watching was Cruz s younger brother,Zachary Cruz.Nikolas Cruzkilled 17 people -- b Umui Louis C.K. says stories about him are true, apologizes in statement
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