Sniper Killings essays

Sniper Killings essays The month of October 2002 has been a very sad month; a Sniper (Jargon) has been on the loose killing innocent people for no apparent reason. He has already shot thirteen people, taking the lives (Euphemism) of eight and the rest were critically injured. Two suspects were arrested after being found asleep in their car at a Maryland rest stop, in the 3 a.m. hour on Thursday, October 24. The suspects were 42-year-old John Allen Mohammed, and 17-year-old juvenile, John Lee Malvo, who was "believed to be his stepson" (Vindicator). Not only are these suspects being arrested for questioning on the Sniper shootings but also for the liquor-store shooting in Montgomery, Alabama. "The law enforcement source told the AP that police found a piece of paper at the scene of the Alabama shooting that bore Malvo's fingerprints. Police then traced Malvo to the Tacoma home, were he had been living with Mohammed, the source told the AP" (Vindicator). In my opinion, if these two men are indeed the so-called Snipers, they should be executed in the worst possible way. One idea would be to properly punish the criminal to satisfy the citizen of the communities (Doublespeak). If the public saw how horrible their punishment was, there might be a less likely chance that anyone would try to do something like this again. People like this should not ever be able to go back on the streets again. Even if criminals get a lifetime in jail, they almost always get out early. I am hoping that the arrest of Mohammed and Malvo will stop the chain of killings in the Washington D.C. area. The police are not positive that all the shootings are related to the Sniper. For example, when the thirteenth person was shot on the bus, it was said that "We don't know if this is related but were treating this as if it is" (Nancy Demme)(Vindicator). Hopefully, Malvo and Mohammed are actually the Snipers, and are prosecuted, so that the ...