It seems a great many people believe that guns and mass killings go together—that if there were no guns, there would be no mass killings. That is an illusion. Human nature and ingenuity allow anyone intent on committing a horrendous crime to overcome obstacles standing between them and a murderous goal. Richard Speck raped, tortured, […]
Michael Southern
Posted inOpinion
Keep the death penalty
Santa Maria
A recent opinion piece in the Sun stated the passage of Proposition 34 would save money and help victims by ending the death penalty in California (“End the death penalty,” Aug. 30). It will not. If $308 million was spent on each of the 13 executions that have taken place since 1978, where did that […]