Do Criminal Trials Help Us Heal from Mass Shootings?

Wednesday, August 8, 2012 - 12:07 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Americans know mass shootings like the Ancient Greeks knew tragedy. It’s a narrative, played out in stereotyped acts. Confusion begets horror. Rescue teams arrive. We tally the dead. Reporters introduce us to the face of evil. And in a final, protracted scene, a dazed killer sits subdued before a judge as we search his demeanor for answers. [More]

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