Aurora Movie Theatre Massacre: Samantha Arthur (1st period)

A judge in Colorado sentenced the Aurora Movie theatre killer thousands of years in jail and quite a hefty number of life terms because of the 12 people he killed and the 70 people he tried to kill, but just hurt.  Holmes, the killer, is 27 years old and a former graduate student--he received one life term for each dead victim and 3,318 years in prison for trying to kill all the people he wounded/having explosives in his apartment complex. After Holmes recieved the sentence, the judge confessed to his intention: that Holmes were to never set foot in normal society ever again and that he deserves no sympathy.

The Aurora Movie theatre massacre is truly a horrific event and Holmes deserves every year he will serve in prison. I do disagree with the judge when he said that Holmes deserves no sympathy though. Holmes obviously has some major issues and I feel sorry for him because of that--he could have lived a normal and comfortable life, but instead he chose to be a mass murderer.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/26/us/james-holmes-aurora-massacre-sentencing/index.html

Protests Over Beirut's Garbage Crisis Continues by Savannah Boyack

http://www.wsj.com/articles/protests-over-beiruts-garbage-crisis-continue-1440631026?tesla=y

            There have been daily protests over the past week about the extensive amount of garbage piled on to the streets of Beirut. The garbage collection has been accumulating and worsening for some time now causing the protests to turn violent over the weekend.

             I think this is a very serious issue that shouldn't have even gotten this far in the first place. Beirut should not even need a protest to see that trash gathering on the streets of the capital is not good. It causes serious health problems and is just plain horrible to live around. You would think that we would have all grown civilized enough to know that we need to clean up our own waste. I hope this gets sorted out soon.