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    Today, I'm going to convince you that the death penalty (Capital Punishment) should be abolished. This subject became important to me when I was in high school. Timothy McVeigh had bombed the Oklahoma City federal offices and killed more than 100 people. June 11, 2011 he was put to death by lethal injection in Indiana. Most of you might remember his name. I remember the parents and loved ones of his victims speaking out that lethal injection wasn't a tough enough punishment. On BBC news, many of…

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    On February 14, 2018, 17 people were killed at Douglas High School in Parkland Florida. Majority of the victims were students.For the one-month anniversary schools all across the country would walk out at 10 a.m.The walkout would last 17 minutes for the 17 victims 1 minute for each lost life. One question resonated through my head “will I walk out?” Id later find out the answer to that question to be yes. When I now think back on it I realize why I walked out. I wanted to show my support to the…

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    arrived at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, and made that small town a talking point for years to come when they began shooting at both their classmates and the staff members of their school, before fatally shooting themselves in the library. The original plan Harris and Klebold came up with was even more destructive than the events that took place that day; they had bombs set in the cafeteria and were waiting by the doors to shoot…

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    School shootings have always been a topic that has fascinated the country and the world, especially when they involve students. They divide the nation, experts, and the press, who scramble to answer the question, why? One of the most shocking and easily recognizable to ever occur was the Columbine High School shooting of 1999. Not only did many lose their lives, but the attack was perpetrated by two young boys who led otherwise pretty normal lives. Although Eric Harris’s motives have been made…

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    essay "Too Close for Comfort" written by Katherine S. Newman in 2004, a discussion of a school violence to the possible causes for such extreme behavior. The essay focuses on school shootings, how and why they occur especially in small towns. It begins with a harsh and unforgettable memory of the massacre in the community of Malcolm, Neb. A 17-year-old who prepared 20 homemade bombs and brought them to the school parking lot. It is said that these attacks usually happen in urban cities but for…

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    School mass shooting is the biggest threat to the school safety and the public health, it somehow has become an American routine and rapidly increased since last thirty years. The School Shooting of Columbine, Sand Hook, and Virginia Tech have become the “icon” of American history because innocent children and students are killed in schools where they are supposed to be safe and to learn knowledge from. As the public, we condolence the dead and their families and condemn those offenders and…

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    A massacre is a brutal slaughter of a large number of people. The shooting was at the Columbine high school in Littleton, Colorado. Two teens went on a shooting spree, killing 13 students. This shooting affected many lives in Colorado. Because of this shooting, school safety has become the main concern for the students. The school administration has required all schools to practice lock down drills, having anti-bullying zones, zero-tolerance policies and the practice of A.L.I.C.E. On April…

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    It was just a normal day at Columbine High School, after a long prom weekend. Students were just gathering together in the cafeteria eating lunch. While on Monday, April 20, 1999, two seniors by the name of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold called this massacre Judgement Day. This massacre “Judgement Day” was the largest massacre before the twentieth century. This shooting shocked the whole world, and it still is to this day. People till this day what motivate them to murder thirteen innocent people…

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    He continued and said, “Our president was shot and killed.” This is what Nancy’s high school teacher said in the middle of class on the day John F. Kennedy was killed. John F. Kennedy's assassination was traumatic around the whole country, if not the whole world. Nancy Zuber was willing to be interviewed on what she thought of the situation. At the time Nancy was a student in eleventh grade at reading high school in 1963. Nancy Zuber was sitting in her book keeping class. “We were taking a test…

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    it was the principal consistently shooting on a school grounds. On April 20, 1999, two teens went on a shooting binge at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, slaughtering 13 individuals and injuring more than 20 others before turning their firearms on themselves and committing suicide (Gumbel, 2009). The crime was the most exceedingly terrible high school shooting in U.S. history and incited a verbal political confrontation on weapon control and school security, and additionally a…

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