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Boston Bomber - Death sentence

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CitizenKain said:
Well instead of him fading away in supermax, now we have decades of appeals. Good plan jury members.
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It's not the fault of the jury, if any case deserved the death penalty this one sure does. The problem is the death penalty appeals process. They should have the electric chair set up in the courtroom before the verdict is read and fry his ass right then and there. Save everyone a hell of a lot of time and money.


We sentence the defendant to death.
BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
Wheel out the corpse.
There is much rejoicing.
Everyone goes home.
 
I stand by the sentence based on the heinous nature of the crime, AND the certainty that surrounds his responsibility.
 
Indus said:
This case was a no brainer as there was clear intent to use a weapon of mass destruction. If that isn't worthy of the death penalty, then nothing is.

Very proud of my country, we chose the right verdict.
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A weapon of mass destruction? 🙂

There was a time when that sorta meant something. Now kitchen appliances are WMD. Sadly, I bet a lot of people would agree too.
 
WTF is with the death penalty anyway? Tens of thousands of Americans voluntarily choose to die every year yet a lot of people think death is the ultimate punishment.
 
Victorian Gray said:
He stopped his appeals as he apparently preferred death to life in prison.
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Yeah I seem to recall that he gave up the attempts to delay his execution until it was too late.

Generally speaking I'm against the death penalty, but at the same time I'm not going to suffer any grief over this piece of shit being put to death.
 
CitizenKain said:
Well instead of him fading away in supermax, now we have decades of appeals. Good plan jury members.
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Yes. They need to fix this long drawn out BS for cases like this. It isn't like there is a question of his guilt.

No appeals etc in this case ... If they smoked him today it would be fine with me.
 
Brainonska511 said:
Decades? I doubt that. Timothy McVeigh's sentence was carried out in 2001, less than 10 years after his act of terrorism.
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Did McViegh fight the system on his own after conviction or was it death penaly opponents?

Here, the denial of change of venue would seem a justified appeal.
 
I think the court and or jury should grant the option of the death penalty.
But the victims and the families should vote to have the final say in the matter.
If a victim or surviving family member can forgive this guy, then that should be the last word. But only if the feeling is unanimous.

I'd just hate to see this guy in prison for life, with TV and a computer and the internet and access to books and law classes, and mail.
Especially on the taxpayers dime.

Isn't death what these terrorist really want?
Those 73 virgins and paradise and all that stuff?
If it's death, then it sounds to me like he won and will get what he wants.
 
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Humpy said:
WTF is with the death penalty anyway? Tens of thousands of Americans voluntarily choose to die every year yet a lot of people think death is the ultimate punishment.
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I've always wondered this too, I would much rather die than to have to rot in prison for the rest of my life....but on the other hand liberals keep making prison more and more fun by adding in amenities to make it more "humane" so pretty soon it's going to be a desireable place to be.
 
PokerGuy said:
BS. Killing with justification is not "murder". If someone kills in self defense, is that murder?
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No defence here. This would again be a state killing one who is fully submissive and under their care. In any jurisdiction that does not legalise capital punishment, such an act is murder.

Under such a rational analysis, this USA is among a sad list of world state for employing state sanctioned murder.

Justify it all you wish, it remains murder to kill one totally under your control and care. No 'defence' found.

The act of killing this inmate certainly does not satisfy arguments of a deterrent to the crime nor punishment (death being desirable). Immoral bloodlust by the vengeful for the loss.
 
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The Herald was simply quoting one of the teenage victims of that scum. Sydney Corcoran lost a leg, as did her mom.
 
Just make it a long, slow, painful death...that's appropriate in MOST death penalty cases.

Fuck making it painless so the murderer doesn't suffer...they rarely think about that when they kill their victims.
 
In some ways I feel like he got off easy. If I were his age and I had a choice between life in prison or the death penalty, I'd choose death in a heart beat.

60 years in prison sound like a fate worse than death to me.
 
TheSlamma said:
I've always wondered this too, I would much rather die than to have to rot in prison for the rest of my life....but on the other hand liberals keep making prison more and more fun by adding in amenities to make it more "humane" so pretty soon it's going to be a desireable place to be.
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It's pretty obvious that the death penalty isn't about punishment or deterrence. It's used as a means of vengeance against anyone deemed worthy for whatever reason, be it a crime, or knowing too much, or having scary skin color, or being retarded. Except it leaves an empty feeling when it's all over because of the process of providing for a comfortable death.

BoomerD said:
Just make it a long, slow, painful death...that's appropriate in MOST death penalty cases.

Fuck making it painless so the murderer doesn't suffer...they rarely think about that when they kill their victims.
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This is what the people really want. Except they can't rationalize it along with the desire to outwardly claim they are compassionate and high minded.

So a compromise is made where the outcome is the most meaningless and the most expensive possible. 😕
 
Whiskey16 said:
No defence here. This would again be a state killing one who is fully submissive and under their care. In any jurisdiction that does not legalise capital punishment, such an act is murder.

Under such a rational analysis, this USA is among a sad list of world state for employing state sanctioned murder.

Justify it all you wish, it remains murder to kill one totally under your control and care. No 'defence' found.

The act of killing this inmate certainly does not satisfy arguments of a deterrent to the crime nor punishment (death being desirable). Immoral bloodlust by the vengeful for the loss.
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Perfect. Agree 100%.
 
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