Boston Marathon Bomber Gets Death Penalty

If Tsarnaev keeps appealing he could be in federal lock-up for decades. The only reason McVeigh was executed for OKC is that he stopped appealing.
 

Really,Don? You display a certain ignorance of the poverty and despair that can be found in many areas of my country. I think the people living there would dispute your view of paradise. As for the demographic thing, obviously we follow different charts. No matter, each of us is entitled to our opinion.
 

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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To detail what others have said. Canada has a total population of 33,910,000 while the USA has 313,232,000 or we are 9.2 times more populated.
http://www.unitednorthamerica.org/simdiff.htm
 
Don M. said:
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.
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I would respectfully point out that an appeal is automatic in a death penalty case, and as to the comment about about the appellate lawyers making a fortune -- the court will probably contract with federal appellate specialists, and you would be amazed at how little these specialists are actually paid for appellate work, which is very meticulous and demanding . . . I know, because I worked for appellate specialists.

Having said that, the appeals do drag on way too long. The courts are very slow.

Who should get to say that this person deserves an appeal and that one does not?? That's why death penalty verdicts get an automatic appeal, regardless how damning the evidence is. Another court takes another hard look before someone is executed.
 
We are in the same situation here, no capital punishment, less guns and much less violence.
 

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