Posted on 04/18/2015 8:34:42 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The Boston Globe has published a heartbreaking appeal from the parents of Martin Richard, the 8-year-old boy who died in the Boston Marathon bombing. Bill and Denise Richard (who were also injured in the blast, along with their two surviving children) are asking prosecutors to stop seeking the death penalty for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was recently found guilty of carrying out the attacks with his late brother, Tamerlan. Rather the seeing Tsarnaev killed — and enduring the years of legal maneuvering that generally precede an execution in the United States — the Richards want the 21-year-old sentenced to life in prison "without any possibility of release and waiving all of his rights to appeal."
In the Boston Bombing Trial, the Defense Is Trying to Walk a Tricky Line to Keep Tsarnaev Alive Defense Admits Tsarnaev Is Guilty in First Day of Marathon Bombing Trial From the Richards' piece in the Globe:
We understand all too well the heinousness and brutality of the crimes committed. We were there. We lived it. The defendant murdered our 8-year-old son, maimed our 7-year-old daughter, and stole part of our soul. We know that the government has its reasons for seeking the death penalty, but the continued pursuit of that punishment could bring years of appeals and prolong reliving the most painful day of our lives. We hope our two remaining children do not have to grow up with the lingering, painful reminder of what the defendant took from them, which years of appeals would undoubtedly bring.
For us, the story of Marathon Monday 2013 should not be defined by the actions or beliefs of the defendant, but by the resiliency of the human spirit and the rallying cries of this great city. We can never replace what was taken from us, but we can continue to get up every morning and fight another day. As long as the defendant is in the spotlight, we have no choice but to live a story told on his terms, not ours. The minute the defendant fades from our newspapers and TV screens is the minute we begin the process of rebuilding our lives and our family.
In a statement responding to the Richards' letter, United States attorney for Massachusetts Carmen M. Ortiz said, "As the case moves forward, we will continue to do all we can to protect and vindicate those injured and those who have passed away." The sentencing phase of Tsarnaev's trial is set to begin next week.
I have never understood that.
like the kids you’re trying to “protect” won’t notice the pictures you have WITH their older brother, and the years of pictures WITHOUT him? huh?
This borders on INSANE.
The ba$tard deserves to have done to him, that which happened to the people he killed and maimed. BLOW HIM UP! With a SLOW fuse. Let him understand panic, and terror, and the painful death the people got.
Ido believe that Teddy Kennedy wanted Sirhan Sirhans life spared from the death penalty after he killed Robert. I prison Sirhan talked about killing Teddy.
So we should just cater to someone who killed that many people and give them what they want?
Timothy McVeigh was a despicable coward. Resigning himself to a fate nobody doubts he deserved and would have gotten is hardly "taking it like a man."
Personally, I’ve never understood why it took four years.
Yeah. Soak the taxpayers for 50 years taking care of the little slime. No thanks. Execute. Bury. Done.
Next thing you know we’ll hear he wants to be a girl now and we all should pay for that too.
Execute. Bury. Done.
I seem to recall Ann Coulter once said to Alan Colmes that she considered Ted Kennedy to be a murderer and Colmes seemed startled.
Actually, such “life sentences without possibility of parole” can end in parole when age and physical decline take hold and a timely release can shift the costs of custody and medical care off the books of the prison system. On the other hand, a death sentence may take years to carry out, but it imposes on a murderer a constant recalling of the crime as he tries to avoid execution.
Well, compare that to the rest. Since 1963, there have only been three federal executions. McVeigh and one other in 2001 and one in 2003. So McVeigh was executed amazingly fast by the prevailing standards. He was the first execution in over 38 years.
I say give him the same mercy muslins give to Christians. Follow the prophets path, hack his damn head off, but be merciful give it to the person that raised the murderous bastard.
If they hanged him tomorrow their worries would be over.
“the Richards want the 21-year-old sentenced to life in prison “without any possibility of release and waiving all of his rights to appeal.”
Sorry, as long as he’s alive, he is ONE COURT DECISION away from being let out of jail.
If they do not give him the death penalty then Obozo can trade him to ISIS for another deserter. /s
If it was my kid or kids, I wouldn’t just demand the death penalty I’d want to stick the needle in myself.
I do.
It only endangers the rest of us to not deal with islamic terrorists swiftly and harshly.
“He who is compassionate to the cruel will ultimately become cruel to the compassionate - Contemporary issues from an ancient midrash.”
http://www.acpr.org.il/english-nativ/06-issue/shochetman-6.htm
Killing him NOW would send a clear message that you don’t do stuff like this to American citizens on American soil. Otherwise, he could become a terrorist celebrity, with future generations of even worse libtards considering letting “the poor boy” out. Shoot him, hang him, dangle him over a known hangout for great white sharks. Just kill him.
Someone should remind these folks to be careful what they wish for, they may end up with another Mamia Jamal on their hands.
That Jackass was given a reprieve from the Death Penalty and he continues to remind his victims families that he’s still around.
If you read the 3rd paragraph down you'll see it has nothing to do with that. They don't want their family to relive this for the next 20 years every time a new appeal comes up. I get that, although I want him fried too.
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