Justice Dept. to seek death penalty for Boston bomber suspect

[DonViejo]

Source: Washington Post

The Justice Department will seek the death penalty for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the 20-year-old man accused of bombing the Boston Marathon, killing three people and injuring more than two hundred others in April, according to a former U.S official briefed on the decision.

U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.’s decision ends months of speculation in the case. If Holder had instead sought life in prison instead, it might have fueled Republicans attacks that the administration and the attorney general were soft on terrorism.



Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-to-seek-death-penalty-in-boston-bombing-case/2014/01/30/c15465d8-8785-11e3-833c-33098f9e5267_story.html

[mike_c]

1. no one should ever be put to death for political appearances....

eom

[iandhr]

4. I don't think this for for political purposes.

"repeated his personal opposition to the death penalty, but he has sought it in other cases."

He has to put the law above his personal beliefs.

[soundsgreat]

19. nonsense

there is no law enforcing to decide pro dp

[MicaelS]

6. No, they should be put to death because their crime is ..

So reprehensible the people committing them have lost their right to live. That is my belief, and I stand by it.

Even if the Death Penalty was abolished, the very next thing that would happen is people would start advocating for the abolition of Life Without Parole on the grounds that it was inhumane, and that the murderer really deserved rehabilitation, redemption and release back into society.

Evidence right here....

http://www.thenation.com/article/170852/life-without-parole-different-death-penalty

[Capt. Obvious]

11. Not to mention the other slippery slope

of wanton murders everywhere without the deterrent of capital punishment.

[hrmjustin]

2. I would prefer to see him rot in a jail cell for the rest of his life.

[Ohio4theWin]

12. With cable TV and lots of fan mail

I don't think much rotting is going on in the jails.

[hrmjustin]

13. Jail in this country is not a picnic.

[JaneyVee]

15. Riiiiiiight.

[Capt. Obvious]

20. You left out all of the conjugal visits

from his Rolling Stone fans.

[In_The_Wind]

21. Oh yeah. It's a real vacation.

[Ohio4theWin]

22. There are culinary arts, chess, bridge, music, and art classes on offer.

Tsarnaev may also have access to adult continuing-education classes and an electronic library where he can read up on new case law and sentencing guidelines. The prison has a recreation area for floor hockey, basketball, and soccer, a hobby craft room, and a music-practice room.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/04/26/inside-devens-prison-new-home-for-dzhokhar-tsarnaev.html

Tough digs.

[hrmjustin]

24. Jail for life is good enough. we have no right to kill.

[alp227]

3. title has been revised, "U.S. to seek death penalty in Boston bombing case"

and while i'm against the death penalty, i'll shed no tears after DT's last breath.

[iandhr]

5. +1

[hrmjustin]

14. I have to agree to some extent. I won't shed a tear for him but still think the death penalty is

Wrong.

[Capt. Obvious]

8. Can't let Republicans accuse admin of being soft on terrorism

because they would only do that if we didn't put this guy to death.

[mahannah]

9. An eye for an eye will leave everyone blind.

[warrant46]

10. That's entertainment !!!

Well this should keep the sheep occupied for a few years

[JaneyVee]

16. Why are some people's lives more valuable than others?

[geek tragedy]

17. Not a fan of the death penalty, but I'll be skipping the candlelight vigil nt

[soundsgreat]

18. Holder is a jellyfish

like his master O

[another_liberal]

23. Playing to the revenge lovers again . . .

Who among the victims will come back to life when that fool is killed?

(sigh)

[Warren Stupidity]

25. We should be better than this, but we aren't. nt.

[Agschmid]

26. +1

[GoneFishin]

27. I am sure it will be a slam dunk considering all the unambiguous photographic evidence

showing him placing the bomb and detonating it. Not to mention the complete lack of anybody else within miles who had security or military training or who would benefit by scaring the shit out of the public.

It's just too bad his throat had that unfortuitous injury because I am sure he would have confessed to the media right there on the spot.

[Deny and Shred]

30. You forgot the sarcasm tag

There was a lot that bothered me about this whole thing as well. The photos constitute flimsy evidence at best. Operation Urban Shield taking place in the same time and place, footage of the older brother alive and well in police custody in Watertown, the younger climbing out of the boat himself uninjured. The initial reports of them being killed & wounded. The friend who was killed during an interview a while later while wielding the knife/samauri sword/unarmed.

Who were those dozen guys in black at the finish line in Boston? Doesn't matter because there were two foreigners nearby and the authorities say they are to blame. What guilty party plans this out enough to thwart those dozen guys then stays in town a few days?

It WILL be a slam dunk. That was preordained. Throw the switch, case closed.

[GoneFishin]

31. And the ridiculous claims that the location of ignition was not consistent with the official

story is easy to disprove just by examining the concrete/pavement at that location .... oh, drat .... they tore that up and replaced it right away.

Foiled again.

[soundsgreat]

32. Unambigous photos how he detonated the bomb? Wow!

I've never seen these photos, must have missed something. Do you have a link? Thanks!

[GoneFishin]

33. With thousands of cell phone still and video recorders, security cameras, traffic cameras, and TV

news cameras, of course there must be hundreds of photos of these two guys without their backpacks. I am sure there is a very good reason why we have only seen one very grainy, long distant, partially obscured photo of one of the guys.

[Chemisse]

28. If we have the death penalty, then this guy should qualify.

I would prefer we didn't have it at all. If it's wrong to kill, then it's wrong to kill.

But if it is on the books and being used, it shouldn't just be reserved for blacks or cop killers. It should be for the most heinous of crimes, committed by the darkest and most unrepentant of souls, like serial killers and terrorists.

[bitchkitty]

29. No surprise. n/t