School Shooting Suspect Awaits Fate:
Tomorrow we should find out whether or not Rafael Alvaro Castillo will be facing the death penalty or not. Castillo shot and killed his father, videotaped the aftermath, then went to Orange High School in Hillsborough, NC and fired rounds at the school. Luckily there were only a few slight injuries.
Orange County District Attorney Jim Woodall is expected to announce Wednesday whether Alvaro Castillo, 19, of Hillsborough, will pursue the death penalty or time in prison.
Detectives said Castillo sent a homemade video tape and a letter to a local newspaper the same day of the incident. On the tape, Castillo seems to become animated and agitated when talking about alleged abuse at the hands of his father.
Investigators also said Castillo sent an e-mail about the alleged rampage to the principal at Columbine High School, where two gunmen shot 13 people before killing themselves in April 1999. In the e-mail, Castillo reveals his obsession with that massacre.
Personally, I’m rooting for the death penalty but I’ll settle for life without parole. Anything less than that is an injustice.
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