The man who fatally shot a Pierce County, Wash., sheriff’s deputy was a convicted felon, wanted for bail jumping and failing to appear in court earlier this month, rekindling the debate over whether gun control laws failed to prevent him from being armed. Jeremy Darryl Dayton, 40, was killed in a shootout in the Spanaway […]
Will WA Death Penalty Debate be Derailed by Deputy’s Slaying?
Just days after a Pierce County, Washington sheriff’s deputy was killed in a gunfight with at least one of two armed home invasion robbers, a debate has been sparked about whether the newest attempt to ban the state’s death penalty could, or should, be derailed by this crime. Deputy Daniel McCartney was fatally shot late […]