Does anyone else but me find it really odd that L.A. might seek the death penalty for the guy who derailed the train in an attempted suicide?
The idea of "finishing the job" doesn't seem to appear in the reporting, but these lovely thoughts do:
Because this man was distressed, 11 people are dead from his selfishness...-- Steve Cooley, L.A. District Attorney
He chickened out, he killed innocent people but not himself.-- Sheriff Lee Baca of L.A. County
Hey, I'm sad that eleven people lost their lives too and maybe I'm just a bleeding heart liberal but damn, cut the dude a break! This guy lost his wife and house and tried to kill himself, doesn't anyone think he might need some help? I understand the need to prosecute but I don't understand the need for the death penalty nor do I understand having to say such cold and heartless things about the guy.