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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.
What good will it do to kill him?
It won't bring the three dead people back, it doesn't solve anything, and while
his guilt is not in question it helps perpetuate a system that has flaws, which
cannot be corrected if an innocent person is executed.
Dzhokhar would be seen as a hero by some, as well.
I wish we would be useful if we spent just a fraction of the money used
to kill him on figuring out why folks like him get radicalized. THAT would
be useful.What good will it do to kill him?
It won't bring the three dead people back, it doesn't solve anything, and while
his guilt is not in question it helps perpetuate a system that has flaws, which
cannot be corrected if an innocent person is executed.
Dzhokhar would be seen as a hero by some, as well.
I wish we would be useful if we spent just a fraction of the money used
to kill him on figuring out why folks like him get radicalized. THAT would
be useful.