The epidemic of school shootings in America could be drastically curtailed by a few simple policy changes.
First, school shooters should automatically receive the death penalty with only limited opportunities to appeal. The problem of frivolous appeals and court cases dragging on for decades afflicts our entire judicial system, but it is especially egregious in the case of school shootings.
There are often hundreds of witnesses and the shooter, when captured alive, is generally caught in the act while in possession of a firearm, with their acts caught on camera. The evidence is overwhelming in these cases. There is no reason for extensive appeals over irrelevant aspects of the law.
