In the quiet moments before the school day began on December 1, 1997, a group of students gathered for a prayer circle in the lobby of Heath High School in West Paducah, Kentucky. Among them was 17-year-old Jessica James, a senior and a member of the marching band. The peaceful morning was shattered when a 14-year-old freshman named Michael Carneal opened fire on the group. Jessica was one of three students fatally wounded in the attack; she died in surgery later that day. Two other students, Ni
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