Death Penalty decision imminent for Boston Bomber

[I Will Not Be Wrong]

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/01/29/death-penalty-decision-imminent-in-boston-bombing/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fpolitics+%28Internal+-+Politics+-+Text%29

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

A clear violation of Massachusetts' sovereignty.

[Cassius]

A disgusting violation of Massachusetts' sovereignty.

Good to see that hypocrisy on states rights exists in all quarters.

[New_Conservative]

I will be disgusted if he doesn't get the death penalty when he is found guilty.

[Joe Republic]

I will be disgusted if he doesn't get the death penalty when he is found guilty.

Nice to know you're on basically the same level as him then.

[IceSpear]

Good.

[H. Ross Peron]

Good.

[IceSpear]

I will be disgusted if he doesn't get the death penalty when he is found guilty.

Nice to know you're on basically the same level as him then.

Yeah, wanting a terrorist who killed 3 people and blowed the limbs off dozens of others to be put to death makes you as bad as him. Because clearly, he's just as innocent as his victims. What a horrible post.

Besides, I thought the main argument against the death penalty was that someone could eventually be exonerated if they had life in prison as opposed to death. There's no ambiguity here. Hang em high.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

I will be disgusted if he doesn't get the death penalty when he is found guilty.

Nice to know you're on basically the same level as him then.

Yeah, wanting a terrorist who killed 3 people and blowed the limbs off dozens of others to be put to death makes you as bad as him. Because clearly, he's just as innocent as his victims. What a horrible post.

Besides, I thought the main argument against the death penalty was that someone could eventually be exonerated if they had life in prison as opposed to death. There's no ambiguity here. Hang em high.

No, it's a belief that revenge should not be actively promoted by the state.

[7,052,770]

I will be disgusted if he doesn't get the death penalty when he is found guilty.

Nice to know you're on basically the same level as him then.

Yeah, wanting a terrorist who killed 3 people and blowed the limbs off dozens of others to be put to death makes you as bad as him. Because clearly, he's just as innocent as his victims. What a horrible post.

Besides, I thought the main argument against the death penalty was that someone could eventually be exonerated if they had life in prison as opposed to death. There's no ambiguity here. Hang em high.

There's also the fiscal argument, that the death penalty is more expensive than housing someone for life, thanks to all of the mandatory legal appeals.

Anyhow, I know how I'd feel if it had been my wife or parent getting killed in the bombing, so I can't blame any other victim's relative for wanting the maximum punishment.  I don't have a strong opposition to the death penalty philosophically, although it would be preferable to just be a simple bullet to the brain than the elaborate and often-cruel lethal injection system, but I still oppose the inequitable way America hands out the punishment to the poor and minorities.

Overall, I won't say "Good" that that scumbag is probably going to be executed, but I won't shed a tear for him.

[IceSpear]

I will be disgusted if he doesn't get the death penalty when he is found guilty.

Nice to know you're on basically the same level as him then.

Yeah, wanting a terrorist who killed 3 people and blowed the limbs off dozens of others to be put to death makes you as bad as him. Because clearly, he's just as innocent as his victims. What a horrible post.

Besides, I thought the main argument against the death penalty was that someone could eventually be exonerated if they had life in prison as opposed to death. There's no ambiguity here. Hang em high.

No, it's a belief that revenge should not be actively promoted by the state.

Since when does "revenge" only mean death? Life in prison is also "revenge".

[NewYorkExpress]

In this case... the death penalty should not be applied because other terrorists would view him as a martyr...

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

The death penalty is always wrong... justice is one thing, revenge is another.

I had a friend who was killed in the Bali bombings and people couldn't understand why I didn't want them executed, that was my answer.

[Badger]

Good.

[Miles]

The death penalty is always wrong... justice is one thing, revenge is another.

[Vosem]

I will be disgusted if he doesn't get the death penalty when he is found guilty.

[Frodo]

I will be disgusted if he doesn't get the death penalty when he is found guilty.

[Consciously Unconscious]

I will be disgusted if he doesn't get the death penalty when he is found guilty.

[IceSpear]

In this case... the death penalty should not be applied because other terrorists would view him as a martyr...

I'm sure plenty of terrorists viewed Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein as martyrs as well.

[Ban my account ffs!]

Bridge collapses in Minnesota killing 13 people because of faulty gusset plates that had succumbed to the stress of all the weight and corrosive road salts and pigeon poop... and the bridge, designed so that the bridge fails if one component fails, collapsed.

13 dead.  Later that year, 5 Republicans in the state house vote to override the governor's veto on a gas tax increase to fund extra bridge maintenance and repair and the GOP goes on a witch hunt to get them primaried.  I believe one of those 5 remain in office today.

Boston bombing:  3 dead.  TWO PEOPLE HAVE TO DIE FOR THIS!!

What is wrong with you people?

[7,052,770]

Bridge collapses in Minnesota killing 13 people because of faulty gusset plates that had succumbed to the stress of all the weight and corrosive road salts and pigeon poop... and the bridge, designed so that the bridge fails if one component fails, collapsed.

13 dead.  Later that year, 5 Republicans in the state house vote to override the governor's veto on a gas tax increase to fund extra bridge maintenance and repair and the GOP goes on a witch hunt to get them primaried.  I believe one of those 5 remain in office today.

Boston bombing:  3 dead.  TWO PEOPLE HAVE TO DIE FOR THIS!!

What is wrong with you people?

Well, if the Minnesota bridge had been sabotaged, I'm sure there would be widespread support for an execution.

[IceSpear]

Bridge collapses in Minnesota killing 13 people because of faulty gusset plates that had succumbed to the stress of all the weight and corrosive road salts and pigeon poop... and the bridge, designed so that the bridge fails if one component fails, collapsed.

13 dead.  Later that year, 5 Republicans in the state house vote to override the governor's veto on a gas tax increase to fund extra bridge maintenance and repair and the GOP goes on a witch hunt to get them primaried.  I believe one of those 5 remain in office today.

Boston bombing:  3 dead.  TWO PEOPLE HAVE TO DIE FOR THIS!!

What is wrong with you people?

Literally comparing a purposeful, targeted terrorist attack to a bridge collapsing due to lack of maintenance. Probably one of the worst analogies I've ever seen on the intertubes (and that's saying something).

[Zioneer]

Can't be bothered to root for either the pro-death penalty or anti side. Probably slightly anti, just in case he's made a martyr.

[Redalgo]

Besides, I thought the main argument against the death penalty was that someone could eventually be exonerated if they had life in prison as opposed to death. There's no ambiguity here. Hang em high.

For a lot of people, yes. For me it is a matter of compassion. It is still possible for the bomber to live a partially-redeeming, in some way productive life from behind bars with his autonomy kept limited to an extent proper for preventing him from executing any more attacks. His life still has value and he still deserves to find happiness in it somehow - it is just that finding it through terrorism is unacceptable to the point of meriting state oversight of and restrictions affecting his activities.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

A key word is missing from the thread title: "decision."  The judge hasn't made the decision yet - that is what is imminent.

I wish we didn't have the death penalty at all in this country.  I don't want to see him die, but if he doesn't people will feel like the justice system failed his victims.