LAX shooter could face the death penalty
Source: Chicago Tribune
Federal prosecutors on Saturday filed a murder charge against the alleged gunman in the shooting rampage at Los Angeles International Airport in which a Transportation Security Administration screener was killed.
Other charges related to firing a weapon inside an international airport were also filed against 23-year-old Paul Anthony Ciancia, who was identified by police as the man who opened fire inside Terminal 3 about 9:20 a.m. Friday. At an FBI news briefing Saturday, officials confirmed that Ciancia used an assault rifle in the attack.
If convicted, Ciancia faces life in prison without parole, or possibly the death penalty, authorities said Saturday.
Read more: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-los-angeles-airport-shooting-20131102,0,6773320.story
seattle15
(45 posts)Too bad some violent people are seeing this as a chance to promote their violent agenda.
Who's promoting something?
We can agree that the Death Penalty isn't a goos idea, but's it's the Law on the Books for this sort of crime.
IkeRepublican
(406 posts)SOB premeditated with the clear intent to kill indiscriminately with absolute impunity in a public place. People that damaged deserve the DP.
Yeah, that's right. I said it. This is definite a far cry from Texas and their lunacy of injecting mentally challenged people with the sense of a first grader just to show what big tough guys Texans are.
mulsh
(2,959 posts)killed a federal employee.
Welcome to DU
Angleae
(4,482 posts)3 executed by the feds (including McVeigh) since capital punishment was re-instututed in 1976, 13 by California.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_by_the_United_States_federal_government
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_California
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legcramp
(288 posts)Just cain't get enough of them.
tofuandbeer
(1,314 posts)blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)Gore1FL
(21,130 posts)1> We shouldn't reward "suicide by cop" actions with the death penalty. I hypothesize if such attempts failed in high profile ways resulting in imprisonment, people might be less inclined to take the "suicide by cop" approach.
2> I believe the death penalty is wrong in all cases.
LibDemAlways
(15,139 posts)and non-responsive. This discussion is very premature.
JohnnyRingo
(18,628 posts)Fill him full of lead, then rush to save his miserable life so he can stand trial and be sentenced to death.
Gman
(24,780 posts)christx30
(6,241 posts)that shot him, the person that is treating him, and the judge will sentence him are different people. He was shot while attempting a mass murder. Do you wish he hadn't of gotten shot? And since he did get shot, would you rather the state order the doctor to let him die without a trial?
JohnnyRingo
(18,628 posts)..than a deep study of society and justice.
Don't read too much into it.
Aristus
(66,328 posts)That's what he WANTS! To be a martyr for whatever putrid cause sent him over the edge in the first place.
Find a very small, uncomfortable oubliette for him somewhere. Let him rot in it, and let us hear no more of him...