A Harford County lawmaker and his brother, the county’s state’s attorney, are calling for the reinstatement of the death penalty following last week’s tragic mass shooting at a granite company in Edgewood.
On Monday, state Sen. Bob Cassilly said at a press conference that Maryland needs to reintroduce capital punishment for the most heinous of murder cases.
“We have to remember that compassion and leniency toward the perpetrators, which our state has demonstrated, doesn’t satisfy our moral obligation for justice for the victims and for society,” the Harford County lawmaker said.
Three days earlier, 37-year-old Radee Prince showed up for work at Advanced Granite Solutions and allegedly shot five co-workers, three of them fatally. He then fled to Delaware, where authorities say he shot and injured one other person. He was arrested later that night and charged with attempted murder and other offenses in Delaware; he’s facing murder charges here in Maryland, though prosecutors say he’ll have to stand trial in Delaware first.
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