Stop excusing monsters — start executing them: No sympathy for the Spokane serial arsonist

Published August 14, 2026 9:00am ET



Aaron Farinacci, the alleged arsonist in the Washington state catastrophic wildfires, has, according to prosecutors, “admitted to starting one Spokane wildfire and more than two dozen others since last year.”

Whoever the arsonist was, he is eminently deserving of the death penalty, and if it was Farinacci, he deserves it in spades.

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