Tuesday, August 29, 2017
Bring back torture.
It's too bad we don't still have extra penalties beyond the death penalty. Here's a dude that needs it.
Jacob Coleman flew from Seattle to Spokane on Monday with the intention of starting a new semester at Gonzaga University. Coleman told deputies he was denied entry into the university and he became angry and even began to have homicidal thoughts. Coleman said he then hailed a cab from the Spokane Airport and asked to be taken to a fictitious friend's house in the east part of Bonner County, Idaho. Coleman said as they drove his thoughts became increasingly homicidal and he asked the cab driver to stop at a store in Ponderay. Coleman went into the store and bought a knife. Deputies say Coleman then asked the driver, identified as 22-year-old Gagandeep Singh of Spokane Valley, to drive east to a nonexistent destination. Deputies say when it became apparent that Coleman didn't have a legitimate destination or friend in north Idaho, Singh stopped the cab near the intersection of Spokane St. and E. Railroad Avenue in the city of Kootenai. Deputies says Coleman then took out the knife he bought and stabbed Singh.Premeditated and ABSOLUTELY EVIL. Needs more than death. Most murders are part of a lifestyle. If you're in a gang you expect to kill or be killed. If you habitually hang around bars at closing time, you enjoy trouble and expect trouble. This cab driver wasn't participating in anything, and he wasn't even a remotely appropriate target for the insane rage of the killer. One part of the story is clearly missing. Why did Gonzaga turn him down after he showed up? Normally a rejection happens much earlier, by mail. If Gonzaga realized he was talking about crime, why didn't they call the cops right then? Later: News says that Gonzaga had no record of Coleman's application. So the best guess is that the whole thing resulted from Coleman's delusions. ¶ 11:20 AM
