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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Gets Death Penalty In Boston Marathon Bombing
mpicpp writes with a link to the New York Times's version of story that a Boston jury earlier today returned a verdict of death in the Boston Marathon bombing. From that report: A federal jury on Friday condemned Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, a failed college student, to death for setting off bombs at the 2013 Boston Marathon that killed three people and injured hundreds more in the worst terrorist attack on American soil since Sept. 11, 2001. The jury of seven women and five men, which last month convicted Mr. Tsarnaev, 21, of all 30 charges against him, 17 of which carry the death penalty, took more than 14 hours to reach its decision. It was the first time a federal jury had sentenced a terrorist to death in the post-Sept. 11 era, according to Kevin McNally, director of the Federal Death Penalty Resource Counsel Project, which coordinates the defense in capital punishment cases.
exactly. there is nothing wrong with being skeptical of the death penalty. Everyone should be.
However when there are clear cut cases, like this one, or timothy mcveigh in OK city. we should not hesitate.
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Death by lethal injection is efficient but I would have to say that death by one thousand stab wounds is much more satisfying. Wait for him to see the white light then, give him a blood transfusion to bring him back to coherence and then set him on fire. Put the fire out and then dump him in a salty ocean of your choice with a 100 pound weight suit. Resuscitate, and then make him watch the series finale of How I Met Your Mother on repeat for eternity, locked in in a room with nothing but a sweaty underwear noose from Super Bowl XX. That is still not enough to rectify his actions. Judy Clarke having represented so many killers, I wonder how she can even sleep at night! Fighting for her clients to live the remainder of their lives in prison.. What's her cut of the deal?
Yes, the US is not a civilized country, and it's not like Europe or Russia. We like it that way. Congratulations for realizing that.
"The great white devils executed him out of fear. Even with him helpless they feared him so much they killed him in his sleep."
VS
"They feared him so much they, uhm, tossed him in basement and forgot about him... like, uhm, birthday socks from your aunt..."
The latter has less of a holy war recruitment kick to it.
I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it!
He's going to die eventually, and he thinks he's going to paradise. Why not let him rot in jail for the next 99 years, i.e. no chance of parole.
Execution just brings him to paradise that much sooner. If I understand it correctly, it's going to cost society more to proceed through the death penalty appeals process, than it will to imprison him for the rest of his life.
He probably doesn't want to die just yet, but he would expect the welcome of a martyr in paradise. Just make him suffer in jail in a country he hates, and make sure he gets a news feed to keep the anger burning away.
In other words, give him the chance to realise he's wasted his life, and he's not getting to paradise any sooner. Such despair is a suitable punishment.
Besides, why are individuals punished for premeditated homicide, but it's OK for the state to do it? You're only reinforcing that it's ok to kill people (and yes, there are justifications for self-defence, whether on a personal or country-wide basis).
They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom
Yep. I'm from the US (Texas even), and I'm sad and embarrassed for the US that so many US citizens are still so gung-ho about the death penalty, making convicted criminals suffer as much as possible, etc. Especially now that the US is the world leader in having the highest number of citizens in prison (both in absolute numbers and per capita), it's extremely short-sighted and self-destructive that the US "justice" system is so revenge-oriented instead of rehabilitation-oriented.
I don't think there are many rational people who could draw parallels between the soft-nap that comes with lethal injection and the serial beheading happening at the hands of ISIS.
No, the beheading is far quicker and far less painful to the executed person. It also requires the executioner to acknowledge the gravity of the act, unlike pressing a button from out of sight.
I'd rather be beheaded than subjected to the torture-to-death approach of the US execution industry.