A Kentucky man who killed three students and injured five more in a school shooting a quarter century ago has a chance at parole this week.
“A lot of people think that exonerates him from consequences, but I don’t think so,” she said, adding that she is opposed to his release from prison. She worries that he is not equipped to handle life outside of prison and could still harm others. She also doesn’t think it would be right for him to walk free when the people he injured are still suffering.
Commonwealth's Attorney Daniel Boaz, the lead prosecutor for the area that includes Paducah, wrote a letter to the Kentucky Parole Board on Sept. 9 opposing Carneal's release. “I experienced and witnessed the immediate effects of Michael Carneal's actions on December 1, 1997 and have dealt with the effects of his actions since then,” Boaz wrote.
The families of the children who were killed suffered a “loss is too vast to be put into words,” he wrote. While incarcerating Carneal for the rest of his life “may seem like a harsh penalty, it is only a pittance in comparison to what these families suffer.” In Canada, you need a license, training and two references to buy a gun, and there is a 28-day waiting period for your purchase. And many of these restrictions were imposed in response to a school shooting in Montreal that killed 14 students. Now Canada could impose a freeze on handgun purchases, citing a rise in gun violence and concerns about recent mass shootings in the U.S. Mustafa Tameez, a former Department of Homeland Security official, joins LX News to discuss the legislation.
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