Boston bomber got the death penalty.

[Whiskey 7]

The Boston bomber got the death penalty.

I say hooray. How say you?

A US jury has unanimously sentenced Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death for perpetrating one of the bloodiest assaults in America since the September 11, 2001 attacks.

It took the jury more than 14 hours to choose death over life imprisonment on six of the 17 capital counts for the 21-year-old former university student of Chechen descent, who came to the United States as a child.

The same 12-member panel convicted him on April 8 on all 30 counts relating to the April 15, 2013, bombings, the murder of a police officer, a car jacking and a shootout while on the run.

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[seremtan]

I don't agree with the death penalty, not even for scumbags like him

[losCHUNK]

Same ^

[mrd]

Better to do what Norway did to fuck-face island shoot-em-up guy than do a death penalty. Where is the moral and ethical fortitude in a death penalty? Caveman vengeance BS. Its is murica though.

[Pext]

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ffs wtf is wrong with you whisk?

[obsidian]

He's just a product of the ol' days when the sheriff used to drag bandits behind his horse before hanging them from the water tower.

[Whiskey 7]

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ffs wtf is wrong with you whisk?

Nothing really but you have to admit this was a terrible premeditated act of terrorism, 3 people killed and 264 others wounded, including 17 who lost limbs. That is a lot of victims.

I say the planet is better off without this scum.

It is a emotive topic and maybe I am prompted because of a recent event close to home.
Did anyone (here in the world) hear of the recent execution by firing squad of two Australians in Indonesia? Their execution took 10 years from court conviction for drug smuggling.

I still say some crimes against humanity deserve the death penalty.

[eepberries]

End the death penalty. The last thing we need is more skeletons to fight in the uprising.

[Transient]

I don't agree with the death penalty, not even for scumbags like him

[seremtan]

you have to admit this was a terrible premeditated act of terrorism

nobody has to grudgingly "admit" this because it's obvious. simply reminding people of the enormity of his crime doesn't make an argument for execution

[seremtan]

actually, there are circumstances when execution is defensible: when the mere fact of the executed person continuing to draw breath at all (under whatever circumstances) is a threat to the lives of many other people. for instance: Ceausescu. when he was on the run in december 1989, the Securitate were up on rooftops shooting protesters with sniper rifles because they thought the regime - a personality cult centered around Ceausescu - would be restored. by executing him and broadcasting it on TV they put a stop to that, preventing a civil war (along with many deaths)

this guy doesn't even remotely fit that criterion. neither do most evil scumbags

[saturn]

Capital punishment is an ignominious act of prehistoric eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth sentiments that don't belong in modern societies.

It doesn't work as a warning, it doesn't quench your thirst for retaliation, and it's a total shame if the convicted was innocent. Especially since our legal systems are prone to flaws.

[Mat Linnett]

Let alone which, it's got to affect whoever administers the punishment.

[YourGrandpa]

If he's not executed what do YOU do with him?

[Eraser]

If he's not executed what do YOU do with him?

Give him a stern talking to

[obsidian]

Tell him he's free to go as soon as he can draw an accurate depiction on Gwamp's head, but he's not allowed to use straight lines or right angles.

[seremtan]

If he's not executed what do YOU do with him?

give him a slap on the wrist, a subscription to the Guardian, and then blame society

[YourGrandpa]

So you've got a problem with how the situation is being handled, but no viable alternative?

Typical...

[xer0s]

Does it really matter? Kill him, lock him up for life. He's off the streets and can't hurt anyone else. Problem solved...

[feedback]

If he's not executed what do YOU do with him?

give him a slap on the wrist, a subscription to the Guardian, and then blame society

Exactly. What I want to know is why his school failed him. How could society force him into these making terrible actions?

[seremtan]

So you've got a problem with how the situation is being handled, but no viable alternative?

Typical...

so you've never heard of life imprisonment, which counts as a 'viable alternative' in the civilised parts of the world?

[seremtan]

What I want to know is why his school failed him.

i bet his school didn't even have a safe zone or use trigger warnings on books. he's totally the victim here

[syp0s]

Capital punishment is an ignominious act of prehistoric eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth sentiments that don't belong in modern societies.

It doesn't work as a warning, it doesn't quench your thirst for retaliation, and it's a total shame if the convicted was innocent. Especially since our legal systems are prone to flaws.

More than that though, the fact that a government can have a legal right to kill its citizens is a terrifying thing. I reject the death penalty on those grounds alone.

[lars63]

The thing I don't like about life imprisonment is the cost to the rest of society or the fact that locking someone up isn't going to make it all better. Neither is killing him, (sigh), I don't have any answers though to those problems

[YourGrandpa]

so you've never heard of life imprisonment, which counts as a 'viable alternative' in the civilised parts of the world?

Yeah, I'm for life in prison too. But I don't think I or anyone should be forced to pay for it. I mean I'm all for those who want to keep this terrorist alive to build a jail cell on their own property, hire armed guards to watch him 24/7, pay for his maintenance, food, electric, plumbing, medical, etc. for the rest of his life. Otherwise, end him and his burden on society.

However, I find it hard to believe that anyone would offer this guy life in prison if ran up and stabbed your family member in the face right in front of you.

IJS.