Friday, May 15, 2015

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Sentenced To Death

by JASmius



....of old age while his avalanche of appeals wind their way stately through the State and federal courts.  But then, as I observed six weeks ago, that he was even convicted on a single charge was a miracle.

But a death sentence?  In Massachusetts?  That's bigger than the parting of the Red Sea itself:

After over fourteen hours of deliberation spanning over the course of three days, the jury has reached a verdict in the case of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev… The verdict ‘death by lethal injection.’...

According to Eric Levenson of boston.com, the case will “automatically be appealed to a higher federal court. That would begin a series of appeals that could take years to resolve.”

"Could" (heh).  But still.

Was the alternative sentence - life at federal "Supermax" in Colorado - worse for a jihadist who worships death?  That's debatable, although it would definitely be worse than where young Mr. Tsarnaev is headed.  But if the punishment should fit the crime....

Never mind.  Even a lethal injection he's highly unlikely to ever receive wouldn't fit that bill.  Death by explosion, though.....



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