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The suspect in Friday's school shooting may be considered an adult in Texas state courts, but he cannot face the death penalty, according to a 2005 federal Supreme Court ruling.

For 100 years, Texas has considered 17-year-olds to be adults when they commit crimes, according to research from The Marshall Project. And Dimitrios Pagourtzis was charged Friday as an adult with capital murder and aggravated assault on a peace officer.

But the 2005 high court ruling that bans execution of criminals younger than 18 and a 2012 ruling about juveniles facing life in prison mean that Pagourtzis could be up for parole after 40 years.

“The courts ruled based on the idea that those 17 and younger don’t have the cognitive development to appreciate right from wrong,” said Michael Radelet, a University of Colorado at Boulder sociology professor who has testified in more than 75 death-penalty cases. “Cases like this that are especially violent and an enigma make some people think they are more deserving of death, but the ruling is about the development of the juvenile brain.”

grzegorz wrote:Florida again.

wiesiek wrote:..."they're talking about increasing security at the event."...

how he was able to carry in the gun, then?
and
I heard, - he wasn`t alone...

Man Shot, Killed by Off-Duty Dallas Cop Who Walked Into the Wrong Apartment

Steve James wrote:

Man Shot, Killed by Off-Duty Dallas Cop Who Walked Into the Wrong Apartment

https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/dal ... t-11115855

Killing's getting ever more casual.

"Tonight as we walked we saw people dressed as murderers, devils, serial killers, blood and gore of all sorts. Nobody batted an eye," Goldbach originally wrote. "But my little boy and I dress as historical figures and it merits people not only making snide remarks, but approaching us and threatening my little 5-year-old boy."

Goldbach wrote that adults threatened to rip off his chid's costume.

"Yes, liberalism is alive and well," he continued. "And we had the displeasure of dealing with the fruits of the so called 'Tolerant Lef
t.' "

Previous posts on Goldbach's Facebook page prior to his apology also criticize liberals, The Evansville Courier & Press reported.

Phrases like "white pride doesn't mean hate," and "being liberal means being a hypocrite" were included on Goldbach's social media.

CHICAGO -- At least 38 people were wounded and five others were killed, including a teenage boy, in citywide shootings over the Halloween weekend.

The weekend gun violence surpassed last year, when two were killed and 28 wounded in shootings over the same period of time, from 5 p.m. Friday until 5 a.m. Monday.

windwalker wrote:wow looks like a tough week...

CHICAGO -- At least 38 people were wounded and five others were killed, including a teenage boy, in citywide shootings over the Halloween weekend.

The weekend gun violence surpassed last year, when two were killed and 28 wounded in shootings over the same period of time, from 5 p.m. Friday until 5 a.m. Monday.

https://abc7chicago.com/43-shot-5-fatal ... s/4573961/

In online videos, he spewed misogynistic and racist vitriol — and railed against all the women who had turned him down. In real life, records show, he had a history of harassing women and was accused of touching women’s buttocks without their consent.

And on Friday, the authorities said, he shot two women to death and injured five other people at a Florida yoga studio before killing himself. The gunman, Scott P. Beierle, 40, posed as a customer at the studio in Tallahassee, Fla., and then opened fire without warning, the police said.

The authorities were investigating to determine Mr. Beierle’s connection to the yoga studio and the victims. Officials identified the victims who were killed as Dr. Nancy Van Vessem, 61, a faculty member at Florida State University, and Maura Binkley, 21, a student there.