“Student Editorial” essay written by Steven Musil

Summery

 

The essay is about a letter that the author Steven Musil wrote after a man called Tony murdered Dennis. Dennis was Steven’s best friend, and both of them were co-workers at Chili’s restaurant when the tragic incident happened. One night  the killer, Tony, entered the restaurant and shot Dennis one time in the back, and twice in the face after he fell down on the grown. Then autopsy came to investigate the murder incident and concluded that Tony, the murderer, used a .22-caliber rifle to kill the victim. Tony gave evidence that he was unconscious and reverie when he committed the evil crime. He was convicted and sentenced to life in prison without parole after a jury found him guilty of murdering Dennis. However, the jury’s verdict of sentencing Tony to life in prison did not convince many of Denni’s friends who wished for capital punishment for denni’s murderer. But, when the jury concluded its investigation and punished Tony to a prison term instead of the death penalty, some people including the author, Steven, begin to rethink their opposition of capital punishment and started to support it. The author also writes about the promise that the Denni’s friends as well as Steven pledged to visit every year the place where Dennis was murdered in remembrance of him. Overall, I think the essay highlights the danger of carrying arms in public places especially in places near the school campuses such as restaurants. As the author asserts, the threat exposes danger to students; as a result, government should constrict and curb the laws of obtaining a gun.