Boston Marathon Bomber Gets Death Penalty

I feel sorry for his family ... and the families of the victims...but I'm still disappointed and sad about the sentence. Read that appeal process could last years and years and years.
 

I agree that we should give up on the death penalty, since it takes so long to take place if ever. It's a form of torture for the victims family waiting for years often for no reason; whereas if the death penalty was off the table but life without parole was the law of the land they would have some closure within a reasonable time.
 
Robusta said:
I am with applecruncher on this one. While I am normally in opposition to the death penalty and the way it is administered, in this case it is just and fitting!
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I agree with that. This is terrorism; it's an act of war on a limited scale targeted against civilians unprepared to defend themselves. So, in this instance, I feel execution is a just punishment.
 
chic said:
I agree with that. This is terrorism; it's an act of war on a limited scale targeted against civilians unprepared to defend themselves. So, in this instance, I feel execution is a just punishment.
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I agree on this one. Besides the dead victims, many were maimed for life -- they placed the pressure-cooker bomb directly behind where children were standing, and killed that little boy (who the doctors said did not die instantly and died in agony, right in front of his mother). It was a premeditated pointless act of terror against civilians and the bombs were loaded with schrapnel to have the greatest anti-personnel effect.

My problem with the life without parole is it doesn't always really mean that. Of course there will be appeals of the death sentence, and a federal appellate court could still reduce it to life.
 
Drone strikes also kill and maim innocents. All of this is wrong. War is wrong, torture is wrong, execution is wrong. Carrying out executions six months after sentencing, what about those individuals wrongly convicted, who later have their convictions set aside? Are they just more collateral damage?
 
Sentence should be carried out within one week, in a public venue, with vendors selling food and souvenirs (and proceeds going to victims and families).

Pay-Per-View could also be an option ...

But they need to ensure that he suffers the same amount as his victims - none of this mamby-pamby electric chair or drug stuff - blow him up in the public square at high noon.
 
Phil....I think some countries do as you suggested. I don't know about the pay-per-view, but public viewing is done by some countries. I think this may go back to the days of the early Romans when they had prisoners, along with animal trainers fighting the lions and other animals inside the Coliseum.
 
To add insult to injury... just HOW are they planning on killing him? I understand that it is impossible for the penal systems to obtain the lethal injection drugs necessary for executions... In fact Texas.. or most prolific state for legal murder is down to only ONE more dose. So even Texas can only kill one more person.. Perhaps the Feds can claim eminant domain over that dose and quick grab it for Tsarnaev before Texas can use it.... but they better be quick about it.. lol!!
 
SifuPhil said:
Sentence should be carried out within one week, in a public venue, with vendors selling food and souvenirs (and proceeds going to victims and families).

Pay-Per-View could also be an option ...

But they need to ensure that he suffers the same amount as his victims - none of this mamby-pamby electric chair or drug stuff - blow him up in the public square at high noon.
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Let's build a Colliseum and then maybe he can be pulled apart limb by limb tied to chariots... and then perhaps we can have lions eat his remains while his severed head watches from a pole hoisted high above the scene.. Sound good?
 
The ONLY one's who we reap any benefits from this trial are the Lawyers, who stand to make a fortune off the endless appeals they will be filing, and our prison system which will make thousands per year warehousing this killer while the Lawyers play their games. Perhaps, in 15 years, the sentence will finally be carried out.

When the evidence is irrefutable, the DNA tests are positive, the criminal is caught on video, and even Admits his guilt, I don't see where society should be spending huge sums of money "protecting" these thugs "rights". That money could be far better spent supporting honest people who are truly needy.
 
oldman said:
Phil....I think some countries do as you suggested. I don't know about the pay-per-view, but public viewing is done by some countries. I think this may go back to the days of the early Romans when they had prisoners, along with animal trainers fighting the lions and other animals inside the Coliseum.
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And as I recall it had a salubrious effect on crime rates throughout the Empire, right?

Many anti-capital punishment folk claim that it has no effect on crime rates. Make the executions public, show governmental support and I guarantee it will make future bad guys think twice. It's the same principle with bullies in school - all of this coddling that's being foisted on us only serves to strengthen the bullies. Give them a few black eyes and they'll soon enough learn that there is always someone stronger in control.

QuickSilver said:
Of course I should have typed /sarcasm at the end of my plan
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Aww ... and here I thought I was finally starting to change your mind. :(

DonM said:
When the evidence is irrefutable, the DNA tests are positive, the criminal is caught on video, and even Admits his guilt, I don't see where society should be spending huge sums of money "protecting" these thugs "rights". That money could be far better spent supporting honest people who are truly needy.
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Totally agree!

Shalimar said:
So we kill people in order to save money?? Yikes!
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No, we kill people who need to be killed anyway - we just save money in the process. A subtle but important distinction, I think ...
 
Shalimar said:
So we kill people in order to save money?? Yikes!
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Basically YES. It costs the taxpayers untold billions per year to "pamper" these thugs. Meanwhile, we have millions of good people who could really benefit from the funds that are squandered on these misfits. There isn't much that I agree with regarding Sharia Law...but a case like this points out a good aspect of the Islamic system. Perhaps those whose hearts "bleed" for these criminals could start a Charity and support this nonsense with their own money.
 
Actually, Don, some of us do. Perhaps you have forgotten that I am a Canadian, and, as such, my taxes help to support those incarcerated in my country. Somehow, we manage quite well without the barbarism of capital punishment, and live in a much less violent society than your own.
 
Shalimar said:
Actually, Don, some of us do. Perhaps you have forgotten that I am a Canadian, and, as such, my taxes help to support those incarcerated in my country. Somehow, we manage quite well without the barbarism of capital punishment, and live in a much less violent society than your own.
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Comparing Canada to the U.S., in terms of crime, etc., is a real "Apples to Oranges" comparison. Look up the U.S. and Canadian Population Demographics, and perhaps you will get some insight into why there is so much crime in the U.S., compared to Canada. Canada is a Paradise compared to many parts of the U.S.
 

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