Prosecutors to seek death penalty against LA airport shooting suspect

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Federal prosecutors will seek the death penalty against the man charged in a deadly shooting rampage at Los Angeles International Airport, according to court papers filed on Friday.

Prosecutors said Paul Ciancia acted intentionally in the killing of an airport screening officer and terrorised passengers and colleagues of the fallen man.

“Ciancia acted with the intent that his crimes would strike fear in the hearts of Transportation Security Administration employees and dissuade them from fulfillment of their duties,” assistant US attorney Patrick Fitzgerald wrote.

“By committing his crimes on a weekday morning in a crowded terminal at one of the busiest airports in the world … Ciancia terrorised numerous airline passengers and airport employees by causing them to fear for their lives and experience extreme emotional distress.”

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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jan/02/lax-shooting-paul-ciancia-death-penalty

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Associated Press in Los Angeles
theguardian.com, Friday 2 January 2015 20.41 GMT

[belzabubba333]

1. cant this be applied to the gop

gop terrorised numerous americans by causing them to fear for their lives and experience extreme emotional distress.”

[PeteSelman]

2. As they should.

Now if only they would streamline the process for assholes like this.

There's no chance they have the wrong guy.

Try him and hang him.

[7962]

4. That is EXACTLY the way the DP should be handled. NO CHANCE this man is innocent.

And there are plenty of murder cases where there is no doubt. Leave the DP off the table except in those cases.

[Archae]

7. I know it sounds like "justice..."

But it's not.

It's only getting back at them.
"You killed somebody, so the state is going to kill you back!"

It's expected in dictatorships, communist countries and third-world theocracies like Saudi Arabia.

It shouldn't be in civilized societies.

I know there is a frustration, especially with these people who delight in sick pastimes like torturing people to death, or killing little kids.

But we shouldn't lower ourselves to their level.

[7962]

8. Its what they deserve. Not to live for 30, 40 more yrs

And if only used on cases like this, there wouldnt be millions spent on a dozen trials either. If they're guilty, no more than 1 yr before the sentence is carried out. While everyone still remembers the crime.
Its only a matter of time before people start pushing to let LWP prisoners out because they're old and "no longer a threat". Just wait and see.
And if there were a few hundred a yr it would actually work as a deterrent. Otherwise, there wouldnt be so much effort spent trying to get LWP

[samsingh]

3. good

[pinto]

5. Good to see he is being brougt to trial on the clear, documented charges of murder and intent.

That said, I don't support the death penalty in any instance, fwiw.

[petronius]

6. +1, on both points... (nt)